Candomble

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Can·dom·ble

or Can·dom·blé  (kän-do͝om-blĕ′)
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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Candomblé

(Portuguese kænˈdəʊmbleɪ; kændɒmˈbleɪ)
n
(Christian Churches, other) any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
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Ora, tambem o catolicismo venera os mortos--seus santificados--assim como os tupis veneravam seus ancestrais; portanto, ambas as praticas encontraram correspondencia mutua, sincretizando-se tao facilmente que produziram a mesticagem, tanto fisica quanto cultural; e deste momento historico que derivam religioes ainda hibridas e atuantes, das quais o jare, a pajelanca, o catimbo, o Santo Daime, bastam como exemplos.
Either the stem bark or root of different mimosas species, generically called "jurema", have been used by several syncretic Brazilian religious practices, such as "Catimbo", "Umbanda" and "Uniao do vegetal", in the form of a hallucinogen drink called "vinho de jurema" or "ajuca".
pajelanca, tore, catimbo, Umbanda, Candomble de caboclo, etc.
In addition, it was also revealed during an interview that there is a site devoted to the [folkloric and spiritual character in Umbanda and (specific set of magical-religious activities, originating in Northern Brazil) Catimbo traditions] Ze Pelintra, an entity that appears in the religion services in southeastern Brazil, symbolizing "malandro" (bad boy), considered by some as the protective spirit of bars and game sites.
(19) Alem das formas afro-brasileiras mais conhecidas, ha um grupo de religioes de carater muito regional que parecem mais associadas a religioes indigenas, das quais herdaram o uso ritual do tabaco e a forma cabocla das entidades, mas que se constituiram sobretudo com base em estruturas e componentes rituais africanos, com tracos catolicos e espiritas,como e o caso da jurema, catimbo, pajelanca, cura, babacue.
Com o passar do tempo, portanto, o candomble baiano teve sua denominacao diversificada nos Estados: em Pernambuco, Alagoas e Sergipe e chamado de xango; no Maranhao, de tambor-de-mina; na Amazonia de pajelanca; na Paraiba e no sertao de catimbo; no Rio Grande do Sul de batuque e no Rio de Janeiro e em Minas Gerais, de macumba (BASTIDE, 1973; LIMA, 1979; SILVA, 1994; GAARDNER, 2000; PRANDI, 2001; 2003).
In: Herbario etnobotanico: banco de dados; As plantas do catimbo em Meleagro de Luis da Camara Cascudo.
Among topics of the entries are African Americans in various Christian denominations, Catimbo, maroons, the Nation of Islam, the Orisha religion in Trinidad, Rastafari, Santeria, Shrine of the Black Madonna, Umbanda, and Wicca.