The Art of Sweeping Sickness and Catching Death: Babalú Aye, Materiality, and Mortality in Lukumí Religious Practice
This article explores the ritual act of sweeping away sickness from the body as associated with Babalú Aye, the deity of healing and miracles. Babalú Aye is worshipped by adherents of Yorùbá and Dahomean groups and their descendants worldwide, and this article focuses on the curative arts and articu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2020]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 292-316 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Babalúaiyé, God
/ Healing
/ Ritual
/ Materiality
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BS Traditional African religions CB Christian life; spirituality KBR Latin America NBC Doctrine of God RC Liturgy |
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Cuba
B Sickness B HIV B Religion B Ritual |
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Volltext (Verlag) |