The formation of Candomblé :

Parés, Luis Nicolau,

The formation of Candomblé : Vodun history and ritual in Brazil / Luis Nicolau Parés ; translated by Richard Vernon in collaboration with the author. - 1 online resource. - Latin America in translation / en traducción / em tradução . - Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. .

Originally published in Portuguese in Campinas by Editora da Unicamp as A formação do Candomblé: História e ritual da nação jeje na Bahia, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between two coasts: nations, ethnicities, ports, and the slave trade -- The formation of a Jeje ethnic identity in Bahia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- From Calundu to Candomblé: the formative process of Afro-Brazilian religion -- The Jeje contribution to the institutionalization of Candomblé in the nineteenth century -- Bogum and Roça de Cima: the parallel history of two Jeje terreiros in the second half of the nineteenth century -- Leadership and internal dynamic of the Bogum and Seja Hundé terreiros in the twentieth century -- The Jeje Pantheon and its transformations -- The ritual: characteristics of the Jeje-Mahi liturgy in Bahia.

9781469612638 (electronic bk.) 1469612631 (electronic bk.)


Candomblé (Religion)--Brazil--Bahia (State)
Blacks--Ethnic identity.--Brazil--Bahia (State)
Blacks--History.--Brazil--Bahia (State)
Blacks--Religion.--Brazil--Bahia (State)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion


Bahia (Brazil : State)--Religious life and customs.


Electronic books.

BL2592.C35 / P3713 2013eb

299.673098142