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Candomble

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Can·dom·ble or Can·dom·blé  (käm-dm-bl)
n.
A religion based on African traditions with elements derived from Christianity, practiced chiefly in Brazil.
[Portuguese Candomblé, ritual drum music, of Bantu origin (perhaps imitative of the sound of drums).]


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Continuing forward in a clockwise path, the left wall has several reconstructed shrines--a Haitian vodou altar (installed by Phil Cope), a "Mammi Wata" vodoun shrine from Benin (installed by Keith Nicklin and Jill Salmons), and a Brazilian candomble altar for Ogun (installed by Tania Tribe).
African worlds by Peek, Philip / African Arts
Slavery ended here much earlier than in Cuba and Brazil, where Blacks developed religions like Santeria and Candomble.
Saints of Venezuela: reclaiming the religious fiestas of slaves by Fernandes, Sujatha / Colorlines Magazine
As Brooks Bouson points out, Candomble nature gods, orixas, are associated with the natural elements (earth, air, water) that Consolata must embrace to avoid the dualisms of normative Christianity (Bouson 238).
Creating the beloved community: religion, race, and nation in Toni ... by Romero, Channette / African American Review
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