Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia - Candomblé
Candomblé is an Afro-American religion practiced chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. The religion came from Africa to Braz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Temples And Priesthood
Candomblé temples are called houses (casas), plantations (roças), or yards (terreiros). Most Candomblé houses are small, independently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Beliefs
Candomblé is a spiritualist religion and worships a number of gods or spirits, derived from African deities: the Orishas of Yoruba myth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death - Candomblé
In time, the Sisterhood has lessened its connection to the Catholic Church, and has become a landmark of Candomblé, the main African-bas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Nations
Brazilian slaves came from a number of ethnic groups, including Yoruba, Ewe, Fon, and Bantu. Slave handlers classified them by the shore ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Ketu: Encyclopedia - Candomblé Ketu
Candomblé Ketu' (or Queto in Portuguese spelling) is the largest and most influential nation (sect) of Candomblé, an Afro-American reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu: Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu
Bantu, also called Batuque or Angola, is one of the major sects (nations) of Candomblé, an Afro-American religion practised in Brazil. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macumba: Encyclopedia - Macumba
Macumba is a word of African (Bantu) origins. Various explanations of its meaning include "a musical instrument", the name of a Central A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Jejé: Encyclopedia - Candomblé Jejé
Candomblé Jejé is one of the major branches (nations) of Candomblé, an Afro-American religion. It developed mainly among slaves of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Axé Music: Encyclopedia - Axé Music
Axé music is a style of popular music which originated in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The word comes from a ritual greeting that means good...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ifá: Encyclopedia - Ifá
Ifá is a system of divination that originated in West Africa among the Yoruba people. The system is also practiced among believers in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology
The mythology of the Yoruba is sometimes claimed by its supporters to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic: Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic
Channelling or channeling is the alleged communication of information to or through a physically embodied human being (the channel or med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clara Nunes: Encyclopedia - Clara Nunes
Clara Nunes is a popular samba artist in Brazil. This text was taken from [[1]] Together with Beth Carvalho and Alcione, Clara Nunes, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agogô: Encyclopedia - Agogô
An Agogô is a multiple bell used in samba baterías (percussion ensembles). It is also used in the ceremonial music of those religions i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Brazil: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Brazil
Brazilian Culture is of a very diverse nature. The religion of most Brazilians is Roman Catholic. In fact, Brazil is the largest country ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Ketu: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé Ketu - Deities
Ketu deities are basically those of Yoruba mythology. Olorun (Olorum) is the supreme God, who created the spirits or Orishas (Orixás). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saci Brazilian Folklore: Encyclopedia Ii - Saci Brazilian Folklore - Powers Weaknesses And Habits
An incorrigible prankster, the Saci will not cause major harm, but there is no little harm that he won't do. He will hide children's toys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé Bantu - Deities
The supreme God and Creator is Zambi or Zambiapongo; below him are the Inkices, the spirit-gods of Bantu mythology. These deities corresp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death - History
The history of the Irmandade da Boa Morte ("Sisterhood of the Good Death"), a religious confraternity devoted to the Assumption of the Vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saci Brazilian Folklore: Encyclopedia Ii - Saci Brazilian Folklore - Origins Of The Legend
While some claim that the Saci myth originated in Europe, in the 13th century, it probably derives from the Yaci-Yaterê of Tupi-Guarani ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saci Brazilian Folklore: Encyclopedia Ii - Saci Brazilian Folklore - The Saci In Art And Entertainment
The character remains quite popular even in present-day urban culture, thanks mainly to the immensely popular children's book O Saci by M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Brazil - African Religions
African religions such as Candomblé have millions of followers, mainly Afro-Brazilians. They are concentrated mainly in large urban cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Order Of Our Lady Of The Good Death - Hierarchy And Worship
Like all confraternities of Bahia, the Boa Morte has an internal hierarchy that administers the everyday devotions of its members. The le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-brazilian - Religion
African religions such as Candomblé have millions of followers, mainly Afro-Brazilians. They are concentrated mainly in large urban cent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Modern Syncretic Religions
Recently developed religious systems that exhibit marked syncretism include the New World religions Candomblé, Vodun, and Santería, whi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahia - Bahia Today
As the chief locus of the early Brazilian slave trade, Bahia is considered to possess the greatest and most distinctive African imprint, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba Mythology - Yoruba Mythology In The New World
Many ethnic Yoruba were taken as slaves to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil and the rest of the New World (chiefly in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Yoruba Mythology
Yoruba mythology is sometimes claimed to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a major religion in Africa, chief...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Religion
Main article: Religion in Brazil About 74% of the population in Brazil are Roman Catholic. Followers of Protestantism are rising in numbe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychic Surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychic Surgery - Psychic Surgery In Brazil
The origins of the practice in Brazil are obscure; it may derive from Candomblé rituals, or it may have been inspired by reports from th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba - Yoruba Mythology
Yoruba mythology is sometimes claimed to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a major religion in Africa, chief...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Religion
Main article: Religion in Brazil About 74% of the population in Brazil are Roman Catholic. Followers of Protestantism are rising in numbe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Candomble: Parapsychology Dictionary On Candomble
Candomble: A Brazilian spiritist religion.   See also Umbanda; Voodoo.   (See also: Candomble , Psychic, Psychic Dictio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Umbanda: Parapsychology Dictionary On Umbanda
Umbanda: A Brazilian spiritist religion.   See also Candomble, Voodoo .   (See also: Umbanda , Psychic, Psychic Diction...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quimbanda: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Quimbanda
QUIMBANDA: Harmful magick in the Macumba Tradition; a Brazilian form of Vodoun and Santería. Macumba is not in itself a religio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Macumba: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Macumba
MACUMBA: The Brazilian form of Vodoun and Santería. Macumba is not in itself a religion but the umbrella fro the two principal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Macumba: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Macumba
MACUMBA: The Brazilian form of Vodoun and Santería. Macumba is not in itself a religion but the umbrella for the two principal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritism: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Spiritism
SPIRITISM: The Brazilian form of Vodoun and Santería. Spiritism is not in itself a religion but the umbrella for the two princi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quimbanda: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Quimbanda
QUIMBANDA: Harmful magick in the Macumba Tradition; a Brazilian form of Vodoun and Santería. Macumba is not in itself a religio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vodun, Voudoun: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Vodun, Voudoun
Vodun or Voudoun: (1) A West African word meaning “deity” or “power.” (2) General term for a variety of eclec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mesopaganism, Meso-paganism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Mesopaganism, Meso-paganism
Mesopaganism or Meso-Paganism: A general term for a variety of movements both organized and nonorganized, started as attempts to recre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quimbanda: Encyclopedia - Quimbanda
Quimbanda is an Afro-American traditional religion found in Brazil, mostly in urban areas (Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Maranhão, Perna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacred Language: Encyclopedia - Sacred Language
A sacred language is a language, frequently a dead language, that is cultivated for religious reasons by people who speak another languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia - Syncretism
Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought. It is espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - History
Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations when the first Portuguese explorers, led b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voodoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Voodoo - New World Traditions
Voodoo - Haitian Vodou. Called Sèvis Gine or "African Service" in Haiti, a Creolized form of Vodou, Haitian Vodou also has strong elem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - An Overview
Spiritism - Basic Books. The basic doctrine of Spiritism (a.k.a. "the codification") is defined in five books written and published by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berimbau: Encyclopedia Ii - Berimbau - Use In Capoeira
The capoeira music required from the berimbau is essentially rhythmic. Most of the patterns derive from a single 8 units basic structure:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Social And Political Roles
Overt syncretism in folk belief is a sign of cultural acceptance of an alien or previous tradition, but the "other" cult may survive or i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic: Encyclopedia Ii - Channelling Mediumistic - General
Research of articles by channellers has shown they allegedly have channelled ascended masters like Buddha, Jesus, or St. Germain.; people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-brazilian - History
Brazil obtained 37% of all African slaves traded, and more than 3 million slaves were sent to this one country. The Portuguese were the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba Mythology - Deities
Yoruba deities are called Orishas. The primordial, first-existing, Orishas are called Obatala and Odùduwà, brother and sister respectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - History
The history of martial arts is both long and universal. Martial arts likely existed in every culture, and at all classes and levels of so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ifá: Encyclopedia Ii - Ifá - Divination Process
Special instruments are used to assist in the divination to transcribe Orunmila's wisdom through the diviner. The items used for divinati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Brazil - Demographics
Demographics of Brazil - Ethnic groups. Most of the population can be considered a single "Brazilian" ethnic group, with highly varied ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-latin American: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-latin American - Venezuela
Black Venezuelans make up 10% of the population. Many of these Venezuelans live in small coastal towns in the region called Barlovento. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahia - History
The Portuguese Pedro Álvares Cabral landed at what is now Porto Seguro, on the southern coast of Bahia in 1500, and claimed the territor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic: Encyclopedia Ii - Channelling Mediumistic - Books, Channelled Texts, Entities And Mediums
Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts. Several notable books describe the entering of a trance state to allow the dead t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Poverty, Illiteracy And Income Concentration
Brazil currently has 25 million people living in conditions of poverty [2] [3]. This is a critical issue. Poverty in Brazil can be seen i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ifá: Encyclopedia Ii - Ifá - Odu Ifa
There are sixteen major Odu, when combined there are total of 256 Odu that govern all situations, all circumstances and all actions and c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berimbau: Encyclopedia Ii - Berimbau - Design
The Berimbau consists of a wooden bow ("verga" - traditionally made from "biriba" wood, which grows in Brazil), about 4 to 5 feet long, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berimbau: Encyclopedia Ii - Berimbau - Sound Of The Berimbau.
The berimbau, as played for capoeira, basically has three sounds: the open string sound, the high sound, and the buzz sound. Even beginn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channelling Mediumistic: Encyclopedia Ii - Channelling Mediumistic - Books Channelled Texts Entities And Mediums
Channelling mediumistic - Books and channelled texts. Several notable books describe the entering of a trance state to allow the dead t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Languages
Portuguese is the official language, and is spoken by the entire population. Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the America...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Poverty Illiteracy And Income Concentration
Brazil currently has 25 million people living in conditions of poverty [2] [3]. This is a critical issue. Poverty in Brazil can be seen i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Sports
Main Article: Sports in Brazil Brazil national football team Brazilian Football League Teams Some fight sports with Brazilian origins h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Brazil - Demographic Breakdown
Demographics of Brazil - Population. 186,112,794 Note: Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Demographics
The main ethnic group in Brazil are the Portuguese, who colonized the country after 1500. Until independence in 1822, the Portuguese were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Economy
Possessing large and well-developed agricultural, mining, manufacturing, and service sectors, as well as a large labor pool, Brazil's GDP...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Politics
The 1988 constitution grants broad powers to the federal government. The President has extensive executive powers: he appoints the Cabine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - States
Brazil consists of 26 states (estados, singular estado) and 1 federal district (distrito federal): Brazil and its 26 states and Federal D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brazil: Encyclopedia Ii - Brazil - Geography
Brazil is characterized by the extensive low-lying Amazon Rainforest in the north, and a more open terrain of hills and low mountains to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ifá: Encyclopedia Ii - Ifá - Overview Of Divination System
The Yoruba divination system enabled diviners to invoke Orunmila, the Yoruba deity of wisdom, prophecy and ethics, and Esu (Eshu), who as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-brazilian - Cuisine
The Cousine Created by the afro-brazilian culture have a wide variety of foods. Within the State of Bahia the predominate cuisine is Afro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Martial Arts And Dance
As mentioned above, some martial arts in various cultures can be performed in dance-like settings, either for evoking fiercefulness/pumpi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Quotations
In Experiential Spirituality and Contemporary Gnosis Diane Brandon writes: "And this emphasis on spirituality and consciousness reflects...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Spiritism And Related Religions
The term Kardecist Spiritism is often used, especially in statistics regarding religion, to differ Spiritism proper (as established by Ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Martial Arts As Sport
On the subject of competition, martial artists vary wildly. Practitioners in some arts such as Boxing, Taekwondo, Judo, Muay Thai, and Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Martial Arts And Self Defense
Self-defense strategies formed the basis of numerous martial arts, especially East Asian martial arts, which usually provide self-defense...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Overview
There are many styles and schools of martial arts; broadly speaking, they share a common goal: to physically defeat a person or defend on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Comparisons Between Martial Arts
It is common to compare the goals, teaching methods and the techniques of different fighting systems in order to understand their similar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Martial Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Martial Arts - Testing And Competition
In general, testing or evaluation in some form is important to martial art practitioners of many disciplines who wish to determine their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-brazilian - Music
The music created by Afro-Brazilians is a mixture of Portuguese, indigenous, and African music, and in recent times, even some Afro-Ameri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Precursors
One thing Spiritists often have to deal with is the fact that the events and theories that influenced Kardec or based his initial interes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - The Role Of Spiritism
Spiritism - Spiritism as a Religion. Kardec defined his doctrine as "Religion, Science and Philosophy. It is a religion in the sense th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voodoo: Encyclopedia Ii - Voodoo - The African Origins
Vodun is a monotheistic and magical form of animism that developed among various West African ethnic groups predating historical times. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Afro-brazilian: Encyclopedia Ii - Afro-brazilian - Capoeira
Capoeira is an martial art developed initially by African slaves in Brazil, starting in the colonial period. It is marked by deft, tricky...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Rome
The Romans, identifying themselves as common heirs to a very similar civilization, identified Greek deities with similar figures in the E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Christianity
Nascent Christianity appears to have incorporated many European Pagan cultural elements, "baptizing" or "Christianizing" them to conform ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritism: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritism - Spiritism And Other Religions
Spiritism - Spiritism and Christianism. Christianism has been traditionally critic of Spiritism, mostly because the Mosaic Law clearly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Syncretism In Ancient Greece
Syncretism was an essential feature of Greek paganism. Hellenistic culture in the age that followed Alexander the Great was itself syncre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syncretism: Encyclopedia Ii - Syncretism - Origin Of The Word
The word Syncretism is first attested in English in 1618 and is derived from modern Latin syncretismus, drawing on Greek συγκρητι...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Rituals
The candomblé ritual (toque) has two parts: the preparation, attended only by priests and initiates, which may start a week in advance; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé - Syncretism
Over the centuries Candomblé has incorporated many elements from Christianity. Crucifixes are sometimes displayed in candomblé temples,...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article