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[[File:Candomble 1.jpg|400px|thumb|Candomblé festival participants in São Paulo, Brazil]] | |||
'''Candomblé''' is an [[African diaspora religion]] that developed in Brazil during the 19th century. It arose through a process of syncretism between several of the traditional religions of West and Central Africa, especially those of the Yoruba, Bantu, and Gbe, coupled with influences from [[Christianity|Roman Catholicism]]. | '''Candomblé''' is an [[African diaspora religion]] that developed in Brazil during the 19th century. It arose through a process of syncretism between several of the traditional religions of West and Central Africa, especially those of the Yoruba, Bantu, and Gbe, coupled with influences from [[Christianity|Roman Catholicism]]. | ||
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Many Candomblecistas have a family link to the tradition, with their parents or other relatives being initiates. Others convert to the movement without such connections, sometimes having already explored Pentecostalism, Spiritism, or [[Umbanda]]; some Umbandistas feel that they can go "deeper" by moving towards Candomblé. Many describe having been ill or plagued with misfortune prior to being initiated into Candomblé, having determined through divination that their ailments would cease if they did so. | Many Candomblecistas have a family link to the tradition, with their parents or other relatives being initiates. Others convert to the movement without such connections, sometimes having already explored Pentecostalism, Spiritism, or [[Umbanda]]; some Umbandistas feel that they can go "deeper" by moving towards Candomblé. Many describe having been ill or plagued with misfortune prior to being initiated into Candomblé, having determined through divination that their ailments would cease if they did so. | ||
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Practitioners of Candomblé have often encountered intolerance and religious discrimination: their religion is given the negative label macumba, terreiro leaders are often stereotyped as greedy and conniving, and terreiros have been attacked. More extreme hostile views of Candomblé have regarded it as [[satanism|devil worship]], while milder critical views see it as superstition that attracts the simple-minded and desperate. | Practitioners of Candomblé have often encountered intolerance and religious discrimination: their religion is given the negative label macumba, terreiro leaders are often stereotyped as greedy and conniving, and terreiros have been attacked. More extreme hostile views of Candomblé have regarded it as [[satanism|devil worship]], while milder critical views see it as superstition that attracts the simple-minded and desperate. | ||
Brazil's Roman Catholics have mixed opinions of Candomblé and the attendance of its practitioners at mass, while Evangelical and Pentecostal groups more uniformly target Candomblecistas as part of their "spiritual war" against [[Satan]]. | Brazil's [[Christianity|Roman Catholics]] have mixed opinions of Candomblé and the attendance of its practitioners at mass, while Evangelical and Pentecostal groups more uniformly target Candomblecistas as part of their "spiritual war" against [[Satan]]. | ||
==External links== | |||
* [https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/religiao/os-orixas.htm#Exu List of orixás] | |||
[[Category:African diasporic religions]] | [[Category:African diasporic religions]] | ||