Kongo Symbols, Catholic Celebrations: Adornment and Spiritual Power in Nineteenth-Century Religious Festivals in São Paulo, Brazil
This paper investigates the use of religious paraphernalia based on West Central African charms in the bodily adornment of participants commemorating the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary in late nineteenth-century São Paulo, Brazil. Our Lady of the Rosary constituted a popular patron saint fo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2020]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 202-231 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
State
/ Rosenkranzfest
/ Congo
/ Folk religion
/ Symbol
/ Usage
/ History 1850-1900
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BS Traditional African religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KBR Latin America KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church RC Liturgy TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Popular Festivals
B Material Culture B Brazil B African Diaspora B Black Catholicism |
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