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Afro-Cuban Myths
Rómulo Lachatañeré
其他書名
Yemayá and Other Orishas
出版
M. Wiener Publishers
, 2005
主題
History / Caribbean & West Indies / General
Religion / Indigenous, Folk & Tribal
Religion / Spirituality
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN
155876318X
9781558763180
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xgjXAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
African cults and religions enrich all aspects of Cuba's social, cultural and everyday life, and encompass all ethnic and social groups. Politics, art, and civil events such as weddings, funerals, festivals and carnivals all possess distinctly Afro-Cuban characteristics. Miguel Barnet provides a concise guide to the various traditions and branches of Afro-Cuban religions. He distinguishes between the two most important cult forms - the Regla de Ocha (Santeria), which promotes worship of the Oshira (gods), and the traditional oracles that originated in the old Yoruba city of lle-lfe', which promote a more animistic worldview. Africans who were brought to Cuba as slaves had to recreate their old traditions in their new Caribbean context. As their African heritage collided with Catholicism and with Native American and European traditions, certain African gods and traditions became more prominent while others lost their significance in the new Afro-Cuban culture. This book, the first systematic overview of the syncretization of the gods of African origin with Catholic saints, introduces the reader to a little-known side of Cuban culture.