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    Candomblé Bantu (also called Candomblé Batuque or Angola) is one of the major branches (nations) of the Candomblé religious belief system. It developed...
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    include Hoodoo, Palo Monte, Lumbalú, Kumina, Haitian Vodou, Umbanda, Candomblé Bantu, and Venezuelan Yuyu. Chagga religion Kongo religion Maasai religion...
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    Oshun (section Candomblé)
    sources. She is a symbol of sensitivity and is identified by weeping. In Candomblé Bantu, Oshun is called Nkisi Ndandalunda, the Lady of Fertility and Moon...
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    of the Yoruba, Bantu, and Gbe, coupled with influences from Roman Catholicism. There is no central authority in control of Candomblé, which is organized...
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    originated from Bantu-Kongo people. Bakongo spiritual protections influenced African American yard decorations. In Central Africa, Bantu-Kongo people decorated...
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    Kongo religion (category Bantu religion)
    include Winti, Hoodoo, Palo Monte, Lumbalú, Kumina, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé Bantu, and Venezuelan Yuyu. The concept of mfinda as a spiritual space also...
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    Nzambi a Mpungu (category Bantu deities)
    "Don’t look for God, He does not have a body." In the religion of Candomblé Bantu, Nzambi is the "sovereign master". He created the earth and then withdrew...
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    mermaids, pottery, snakes, gourds, and fire. Due to the forced removal of Bantu peoples from Africa to the Americas, the veneration of simbi exists today...
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    Haitian Vodou Obeah Rastafari Dugu Obeah Batuque Candomblé Candomblé Bantu Candomblé Jejé Candomblé Ketu Catimbó [pt] Macumba Quimbanda Santo Daime Tambor...
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    Candomblé Ketu (or Queto in Portuguese) is the largest and most influential branch (nation) of Candomblé, a religion practiced primarily in Brazil. The...
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    in Proto-Bantu. As this term is a multiple reflex of a Proto-Bantu root, there are slight variations on the term throughout the entire Bantu-speaking...
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    established as an intermediate religion between Candomblé and Umbanda. Groups combining elements of Umbanda and Candomblé are sometimes termed "Umbandomblé", although...
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    Odinala San Serer Tumbuka Urhobo Waaqeffanna Yoruba Ifá Diasporic: Candomblé Bantu Jejé Ketu Comfa Convince Espiritismo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería...
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    Kia Bunseki (2001). Tying the spiritual knot : African cosmology of the Bântu-Kôngo : principles of life & living (2nd ed.). Brooklyn, N.Y.: Athelia Henrietta...
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    Nkisi (category Bantu religion)
    is manifested or inhabits in Proto-Njila, an ancient subdivision of the Bantu language family. In its earliest attestations in Kikongo dialects in the...
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    traditional religion Abakuá Arará Batuque Birongo Candomblé Candomblé Bantu Candomblé Jejé Candomblé Ketu Comfa Convince Cuban Vodú Dominican Vudú Espiritismo...
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    region of China the sect resided in (see Homosexuality in China). Within Candomblé, a syncretic religion found primarily in Brazil, there is widespread (though...
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    Kalûnga Line (category Bantu peoples)
    word that means "threshold between worlds." It is derived from the proto-Bantu term *-lung-, meaning "to put in order, to put straight." In the Congo region...
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    The term pombagira may derive from the Bantu word bombogira, the name of a male orixá in Candomblé's Bantu or Angola tradition. In Brazilian Portuguese...
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    Odinala San Serer Tumbuka Urhobo Waaqeffanna Yoruba Ifá Diasporic: Candomblé Bantu Jejé Ketu Comfa Convince Espiritismo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería...
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    Mami Wata (category Bantu religion)
    Goofer dust Hoodoo Hot foot powder Kumbaya Mojo bag Ring shout Religions Candomblé (Bantu) Comfa Espiritismo Palo Myal (Convince, Kumina) Maria Lionza...
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    mythology, San religion, Lozi mythology, Tumbuka mythology, and Zulu mythology. Bantu mythology is found throughout central, southeast, and southern Africa. In...
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  • Bunzi (category Bantu deities)
    Goofer dust Hoodoo Hot foot powder Kumbaya Mojo bag Ring shout Religions Candomblé (Bantu) Comfa Espiritismo Palo Myal (Convince, Kumina) Maria Lionza...
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  • Nago tradition of Candomblé, of which he was an initiate, as a legitimate religion, while dismissing the Bantu tradition of Candomblé as a form of Macumba...
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    religions Candomblé, Vodou and Santería, which analogize various Yorùbá and other African deities to the Roman Catholic saints. Some sects of Candomblé have...
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  • Nzambici (category Bantu deities)
    Black cat bone Candomblé Bantu (Brazil) Goofer dust Hoodoo (USA) Hot foot powder Kumbaya Mojo bag Ring shout Religions Candomblé (Bantu) Comfa Espiritismo...
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    Odinala San Serer Tumbuka Urhobo Waaqeffanna Yoruba Ifá Diasporic: Candomblé Bantu Jejé Ketu Comfa Convince Espiritismo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería...
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    Odinala San Serer Tumbuka Urhobo Waaqeffanna Yoruba Ifá Diasporic: Candomblé Bantu Jejé Ketu Comfa Convince Espiritismo Kumina Obeah Palo Quimbanda Santería...
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    Black cat bone Candomblé Bantu (Brazil) Goofer dust Hoodoo (USA) Hot foot powder Kumbaya Mojo bag Ring shout Religions Candomblé (Bantu) Comfa Espiritismo...
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  • Johnson noted that Candomblé, as "an organized, structured liturgy and community of practice called Candomblé" only arose later. Candomblé originated among...
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