Spirit possession and West-African beliefs in Brazilian Candomblé: From orixás to healing

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Unit:
Department of Music Studies
Library of the School of Philosophy
Deposit date:
2021-09-13
Year:
2021
Author:
Mizrachi Anastasia
Supervisors info:
Μαρία Παπαπαύλου
Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια
Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών
Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Πνευματική καταληψία και Δυτικοαφρικανικές πεποιθήσεις στο Βραζιλιάνικο Candomblé: Από τους orixás στην θεραπεία
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Spirit possession and West-African beliefs in Brazilian Candomblé: From orixás to healing
Summary:
This paper deals with the phenomenon of spirit possession which we find in Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian musical tradition that has its roots in the slave trade of African slaves during the 16th - 19th centuries.
Main subject category:
Religion
Keywords:
Candomblé, Brazil, music, Africa, slave trade, Slavador, orixás, spirit possession , ethnomusicology
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
No
Number of references:
45
Number of pages:
52
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