Title Sacred spaces and religious traditions in Oriente Cuba / Jualynne E. Dodson ; in collaboration with José Millet Batista

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Religions of the Americas series Religions of the Americas series Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; COLOR PLATES; Part I; 1: Contours and Concepts; 2: African Cosmic Orientation: Core Commonalties; 3: What Sacred Spaces Do; Part II; 4: Palo Monte/Palo Mayombe; 5: Vodú; 6: Espiritismo; Part III; 7: "Land of the Dead" Beginnings: Muertéra Bembé de Sao; 8: Findings and Conclusions; Notes; Glossary of Select Terms; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover Summary Dodson examines the history of traditional religious practices in the Oriente region of contemporary Cuba Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Sacred space -- Cuba -- Holguín (Province) Afro-Caribbean cults -- Cuba -- Holguín (Province) RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal. Afro-Caribbean cults Sacred space SUBJECT Holguín (Cuba : Province) -- Religious life and customs Subject Cuba -- Holguín (Province) Form Electronic book Author Millet, José ISBN 9780826343550 0826343554 1283636891 9781283636896 6613949353 9786613949356

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