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Batuque (religion)

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Batuque is an Afro-Brazilian religion, practiced mainly in Brazil.[1][2][3][4] The Batuque pantheon includes spirits rather than gods, who are mostly thought to come in two types: Catholic saints and encantados (anthropomorphic spirits who "inhabit the tangible world" and mostly come from Brazil, although there are foreigners in their rank).[4] "Spirit possession and mediumship are...integral to Batuque worship."[4]

History

The religion started in the cities of Belém[4] and Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

See also

References

  1. ^ Frigerio, Alejandro (2013-01-01). Umbanda and Batuque in the Southern Cone: Transnationalization as Cross-Border Religious Flow and as Social Field. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004246034_008. ISBN 978-90-04-24603-4.
  2. ^ Pinn, Anthony B.; Finley, Stephen C.; Alexander, Torin (2009). African American Religious Cultures. ABC-CLIO. pp. 104–107. ISBN 978-1-57607-470-1.
  3. ^ Leacock, Seth (1964). "Ceremonial Drinking in an Afro-Brazilian Cult". American Anthropologist. 66 (2): 344–354. ISSN 0002-7294.
  4. ^ a b c d Salamone, Frank A. (2004). Levinson, David (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. New York: Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 0-415-94180-6.