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Spirits, blood, and drums : the Orisha religion in Trinidad

Author: James T Houk
Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Valuable, well-presented study examines background, rites and ceremonies, and social organization of Orisha religion, 'arguably the most purely African cultural practice left on the island.' However, worshipers combine, in varying degrees, elements from five traditions - African, Catholic, Hindu, Protestant, and Kabbalah - to form an 'Afro-American religious complex.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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Named Person: James T Houk
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James T Houk
ISBN: 1566393493 9781566393492 1566393507 9781566393508
OCLC Number: 31738705
Description: xvi, 238 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: James T. Houk.

Abstract:

"Valuable, well-presented study examines background, rites and ceremonies, and social organization of Orisha religion, 'arguably the most purely African cultural practice left on the island.' However, worshipers combine, in varying degrees, elements from five traditions - African, Catholic, Hindu, Protestant, and Kabbalah - to form an 'Afro-American religious complex.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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