The Formation of Candomble - Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil

Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Pares traces the formation of Candomble, one of the most influential African-derived religious forms in the African diaspora, with practitioners today centered in Brazil but also living in Europe and elsewhere in the Americas. Originally published in Brazil and not available in English, The Formation of Candomble reveals cultural changes that have occurred in religious practices within Africa, as well as those caused by the displacement of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
Departing from the common assumption that Candomble originated in the Yoruba orixa (orisha) worship, Pares highlights the critical role of the vodun religious practices in its formation process. Vodun traditions were brought by enslaved Africans of Dahomean origin, known as the "Jeje" nation in Brazil since the early eighteenth century. The book concludes with Pares's account of present-day Jeje temples in Bahia, which serves as the first written record of the oral traditions and ritual of this particular nation of Candomble.

About the author

Luis Nicolau Parés is professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia. Richard Vernon is senior lecturer in Portuguese and Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Summary

Formation of Candomble: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil"

Product details

• Authors: Luis Nicolau Paraes, Luis Nicolau Pares, Luis Nicolau Parés
• Assisted by: Richard Vernon (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2013
• EAN: 9781469610924
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-1092-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Latin America in Translation; Latin America in Translation; Latin America in Translation/E
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Südamerika, Amerikanische Geschichte, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal