
The Formation of Candomble
Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil
Luis Nicolau Pares(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 17. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-4696-1092-4 (ISBN)
Description
Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Parés traces the formation of Candomblé, 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 Candomblé 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 Candomblé originated in the Yoruba orixá (orisha) worship, Parés 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 Parés’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 Candomblé.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
16 illustrations, 1 figure, 5 maps, 8 tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-1092-4 (9781469610924)
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Person
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.