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Bookmark or Share- Palo Mayombe: Kongo-derived Afro-Cuban SpiritualityPalo Mayombe is the engagement of Kongo influence in the Caribbean and the wider Diaspora. It has its own priesthood and set of rules and regulations. Rules and regulations will vary according to the Palo Mayombe house to which an individual has been initiated into.
- Making a nganga, begetting a god : Materiality and Belief in ...The present article highlights this analytical perspective by showing how the making of a nganga, the central ritual artefact of Palo Monte, and its ‘technology’ and aesthetics favour the emergence of particular religious emotions and thoughts (Figs. 1; 2; 3).
- Palo (religion) - WikipediaPalo, also known as Las Reglas de Congo, is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th or early 20th century. It draws heavily upon the traditional Kongo religion of Central Africa, with additional influences taken from the Catholicism and from Spiritism.
- Palo Monte Mayombe and Its Influence on Cuban Contemporary ArtThrough a detailed discussion of Palo Monte initiation, I will discuss the signifi-cance of some of the religion's Kongo-derived iconography and show how it finds expression in the work of three Cuban contemporary artists, particularly Jose Bedia, an initiated practitioner. Nganga and Mpungus Palo Monte is related to religious prac-tices from ...
- CUBAN Folklore: ‘Palo Monte’ & ‘Reglas del Congo’, Syncretism ...Palo, also known as Palo Monte and Las Reglas de Congo, is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba. It arose through a process of syncretism between the traditional Kongo religion of Central Africa, the Roman Catholic form of Christianity, and Spiritism.
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