81. Macumba, Umbanda, And Orishas In Brazil in the 1550 s, who continued to worship their african Gods. Their Gods are called ORIXAS. The slaves incorporated their religion into brazilian culture and http://www.stirlinglaw.com/ea/macumba.htm

Macumba LINKS TO MATAR SAUDADES Alumni Alumni Download Alumni Email List ... Homepage Note: Photo is a link to Ipanema.com - check them out " Macumba " (also known as Quimbanda ) is the everyday term used by Brazilians in Rio de Janeiro to describe two types of African spirit worship: Candomble (followed in northern State of Bahia) and Umbanda (a newer form originating in Niteroi , in the southern State of Rio de Janeiro between 1900 and November 15, 1908). Macumba originated with African slaves shipped to Brazil in the 1550's, who continued to worship their African Gods. Their Gods are called ORIXAS . The slaves incorporated their religion into Brazilian culture and religion (Roman Catholic). They summoned their Gods with their drums. Brazilian slave owners, unlike owners in the United States, allowed slaves to continue to use their drums. Thus began the rhythm of the saints, the samba, and it explains why Brazilian " batucadas " reign unequaled today. Brazil got the samba , and the U.S. got "

82. Ilé Axé Opô Afonjá - African Religion to say they did not have confidence in brazilian born Negroes like the ones who created the african land in is not a sect, it is a religion independent from http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1322/page9.html

Several Considerations initiation "Iansã is not Saint Barbara" Salvador, october of 1996 Museum "Iansã is not Saint Barbara" initiation Sixteen Cowries ... e-mail Links: Child in Danger Project This page hosted by Geocities Member of the Internet Link Exchange Free Home Pages at GeoCities -031144697856008 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="userfile"; filename=""

83. Beach Sand The religion was formed in the 16th century when Portuguese settlers brought african slaves to work at their brazilian sugar and coffee plantations. http://pages.prodigy.com/Joanna1/beach7.html

Pensacola, Fla. Issue 10 Viva Bahia! A touch of the exotic to add spice to the bland Thanksgiving turkey leftovers . . . T here is hope as long as there is identity," said Professor Wande Ambimbola, as he opened the festivities of Pensacola's fourth annual African-American culture festival, Viva Bahia. Ambimbola, who teaches at Boston University is both a native Nigerian and a Candomble priest. He was one of many Bahian experts who traveled to Pensacola last weekend to help celebrate the Bahian and African-American culture. Bahia is a state located in northeast Brazil. Bahia supports a population of more than 12 million inhabitants from a variety of ethnic backgrounds including African, Portuguese, Spanish, American-Indian and Syrian-Lebanese. According to Ambimbola, more than 60 percent of Bahia's citizens are black. "There is hope as long as there is identity," repeated Ambimbola, adding, "and identity is what Candomble has given to the Black man of Brazil." Candomble is an Afro-Brazilian religion which is celebrated in Bahia, Brazil. The religion was formed in the 16th century when Portuguese settlers brought African slaves to work at their Brazilian sugar and coffee plantations. Once in Brazil, the African natives were forbidden from worshiping their native religion and urged by the Protestant settlers to adopt Catholicism. By disguising their African deities, or Orishas, as Catholic saints, the slaves were able to retain much of their religious beliefs and customs.

84. Posting 32 brazilian goddess. She is one of seven Orishas (deities) in the pantheon of the religion of Umbanda. This finds its origins in an ancient african religion http://www.sandplayusa.org/forum/a32.html

Yemenja Can anyone elaborate on the symbolism of the Brazilian goddess Yemenja? Thank you. To see replies Return to Forum Main Menu To reply to question Subject Reply: Replies: To return to Question Yemenja YEMENJA Hi from Brazil again! These following adresses might be interesting about candomblé and iemanjá: www.demon.co.uk/Itamaraty/langreli.html or www.ongba.org.br/afro/homeng.html (both in english). Good luck! Aicil Franco. Yemenjja Contact marie Capitilo, STA/ISST. She is well versed on her. Yemenja Iemanja or Yemanja yemenja I know about yemaya if you think it's the same go to seven african powers or church of seven african powers My name is Iemanja and I live in Orlando Florida. I never really believed my mother until today when I saw all this informations and meaning of the name. i' honored. :) Yemenja Yemenja Yemenja, Yemaja, Aja, Aya, Auset, Isis, Gabriel, Santa Maria, Mary, Ya: These are but some names by which the Goddess/Angel is known. She corresponds to the mothering nurturing that the waters of earth give to all live. Specifically she relates to the 7 seas, the oceans. Relative to human anatomy, she has to do with the waters of the body (especially those related to regenerative and birthing properties), the parasympathetic nervous system, and the seat of/gate way to the "subconcsious." Spend time with her and learn so much more. Yemaya, Iemoja, Yeya or Yemoja

85. The Santo Daime Religion (Pollock, 1992.). brazilian religion has also been tremendously affected by african influences as well. Portuguese slavery, for various http://www.freedomdomain.com/religion/daime.htm

SANTO DAIME Abstract In this paper, the reader will be introduced to the sect of Santo Daime, a Brazilian religion which combines Christianity with the indigenous practice of using ayahuasca , a native entheogenic plant. This group should be of interest to ethnobotany because they represent a clear case where indigenous religious uses of a psychotropic plant were transferred wholesale to another (mestizo) culture through contact and exchange. The author will use Santo Daime as a case to explore the critical role human-plant relationships may have played in the formation of religious awareness. Introduction: the sect of Santo Daime Although the Brazilian religious sect Santo Daime has been called a "new religion," it was actually founded back in the 1920s. A seven foot tall black rubber tapper living in the state of Acre named Raimundo Irineu Serra came into contact with indigenous groups (probably Tukano Indians) who used the ayahuasca vine for healing and for contacting the spirit world. Serra was probably influenced both by Catholicism and also the Spiritism which was prevalent in Brazil at the time. While using the visionary vine, Serra met with a personage he called the Queen of the Forest, a white woman clad in blue whom he identified with the Virgin Mary. (MacRae, 1992.) The Queen of the Forest told Master Irineu (as many of the members of the sect know him today) to found a new religion with the ayahuasca tea as its main sacrament. He wrote (or "channeled," as some might put it) many of the hymns which make up the liturgy of the new religion. "Daime" in Portuguese is not actually the name of a saint, as some people have thought. Instead, it means the imperative "give me," and this appeal for divine illumination appears so much in Serra's liturgy that it has become synonymous with the sect and the plant itself, which is sometimes simply called

86. Publpage Translate this page The presence of non-african spirits in an Afro-brazilian Religion a case of afro-amerindian Syncretism?. In GREENFIELD, Sidney and DROOGERS, André. http://www.ufma.br/canais/gpmina/publpage.htm

87. African Dance In The Diaspora african origin not only in their religious foundations, but on many different forms, but it s african origins are Calypso is very similar to the brazilian Samba http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/African_Dance_19546.html

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER African Dance in the Diaspora Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 17:45:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Wendy E. Cochran" Subject: Re: Afro data base African Dances and Its Changes Overseas West Africa All of the dances that we chose to study tie in with this portion of our journey. The Goree Island, which is right off the shore of Senegal, was a holding place for the slaves, before they made their long journey to their final destinations. Woulousodong is a dance of the Wolorf people in Senegal. One of this dance's different interpretations, when learned in America, is that the movements represented those of the slaves while they walked up the gang plank. The African explanation tells us the movements signify adolescents breaking away from their parents' household and taking on new responsibilities. This is one instance where the interpretation of African dance has changed oversea. Haiti and Cuba Many of the slaves brought to Haiti and Cuba were Yoruba-speaking people. They worshipped more than 400 gods, which are still worshipped today. No doubt, they brought their religious practices with them. The main religion of the Spanish colonizers was Catholicism. It was taught to the Africans. This syncretism of religions resulted in Voodooism in Haiti, Santeria in Cuba and Condomble in Brazil. Haitian and Cuban dances show African origin not only in their religious foundations, but in their rhythmic movements and patterns.

88. Book Information Page -- Greenwood Publishing Group in CandombleCatholic Relations by Peter B. Clarke Non-african Spiritual Entities in Afro-brazilian Religion and Afro-Amerindian Syncretism by Mundicarmo R http://www.greenwood.com/books/bookdetail.asp?sku=GM0128

89. Boston Healing Landscape Project -- Links - African Religious/Spiritual Traditio african Religious/Spiritual Traditions Traditional african religions and Spiritualities Africa Online This index page leads the user to a variety of topics http://www.bmc.org/pediatrics/special/bhlp/pages/resources/links/links_spiritual

photography slide shows maps sign up ... Urban ethnographic projects quick jump boston medical center bhlp home page bibliographies contact bhlp content curriculum downloads global news links local news news photography projects _childhood asthma _GLBT youth of color _haitian maternity _hip-hop/identity resources slide shows African Religious/Spiritual Traditions Traditional African Religions and Spiritualities Africa Online This index page leads the user to a variety of topics including (for example): Kemetic - 23 links African Traditional Religions Dahomean Vodoun Shona and Ndebele Religions Ancestors as Elders in Africa www.africanonline.com - Traditional African Spirituality African Art and Healing Bayly Museum This site presents images from an exhibit at the University of Virgina's Bayly Museum: "African Art: Aesthetic and Meaning." Many of the pieces are directly associated with healing.

90. Count Luconi - Brazilian Magic. Umbanda And Quimbanda. What Karma, Muculo, Quilu Translate this page It is a new brazilian worship, whose consolidation syncretism of some beliefs and african magickal rites practicing liturgy based on their religion, and always http://www.carlos-luconi.com/in/Conde_Luconi_Brazilian_Magic.htm

UMBANDA The umbanda is a wrong concept. Generally speaking, this ritual embraces elements of the Catholic liturgy along with others characteristic of the American continent. Among these concepts, the umbanda strictly speaking has to be distinguished from the kimbanda and the purest africanism and cabinda, nago and other syncretism, that are presently referred to as nation or batuque. Umbanda is the rythmic spiritist worship and the chanted spiritist ritual, with prediction purposes. It is a new Brazilian worship, whose consolidation took place from 1907 onwards, which resulted from the syncretism of some beliefs and African magickal rites with some other of indigenist roots that aggregated to them. Some Catholic forms of worship, icons and symbols, some spiritist ideas, which assert reincarnation and the laws of "karma" , product of the Oriental philosophy.

91. Y-Press Online: Brazil: Teacher Curriculum Research the traditional african religious ceremonies from different parts of Africa and compare to brazilian ceremonies. Learn http://www.ypress.org/specialedition/brazil/curriculum.html

Special Edition A Children's News Network June 07, 2004 Bibliographical recommendations and several strategies are reprinted with permission of Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms, the American Library Association. Curriculum made possible by a grant from Rotary Foundation of Indianapolis. To view the definition of term, according to Webster's Dictionary, visit the Hypertext Webster Interface discrimination amid social anthropologist statute injustice disparities governance feudalism comprehensive real favelas monarchy deposal dictatorship military cronies rehabilitate scrounging exploitation percussion embodies Can you summarize the issues for Brazilian youth? What is Brazil doing to change the plight for its children? If you were talking with kids in Salvador, Brazil, what one question would you want answered? Search newspapers and their online sites for further information about Brazil. Write a journal entry reacting to one of the Brazilian teen's statement. Define the term region, use regions or boundaries in the classrooms to begin the conversation. Discuss the differences between cultural, physical, global and areas with similar soil types, religions, climates and languages. Analyze the concept of region: How would you know you left one? What are the characteristics that determine the boundaries?

92. Fodors.com > Miniguide > Sao Paolo Features type of person can fit the brazilian mold. The native Indian peoples; Portuguese colonizers; african slaves; and In terms of diversity, religion runs a close http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=sao_paulo@142&cur_sec

93. Adherents.com: Religion Statistics Geography, Church Statistics Adherents.com is a growing collection of church membership and religion adherent statistics. Over 40 000 statistics for over 4 200 faith groups from all major and most minor religions, listing 3 http://www.adherents.com/

A B C D ... Z Adherents.com - Religion Statistics - Church Statistics Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions , churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "How many Methodists live in Indiana?" "What are the major religions of India?" , or "What percentage of the world is Hindu?" We present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics. Adherents.com is an Internet initiative and is not affiliated with any religious, political, educational, or commercial organization. Adherents.com is the 2nd most frequently visited general religion site on the Internet. Religion by Location Index * Religion by Name Index * Search this Site Questions? Try our

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