Manifest heritages of family and nation: embodying "all the ancestors" in Guyanese Komfa

This article offers comparative ethnographic exploration of Komfa ritual engaged to "entertain the ancestors" that is central to the way of life of Spiritualists in Guyana. Practiced primarily by Guyanese of African descent and considered an Africa-derived tradition, Komfa worldview noneth...

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Main Author: Peretz, Jeremy Jacob (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2020]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 232-265
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Guyana / Komfa / Spiritism / Afro-American syncretism / Ancestor cult
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
BS Traditional African religions
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KBR Latin America
KCD Hagiography; saints
RA Practical theology
Further subjects:B spirit possession[End Page 232]
B Komfa (Comfa)
B Caribbean Spiritism
B Espiritismo
B Guyana
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