Umbanda

E274598
Afro-Brazilian religion religion

Umbanda is a Brazilian syncretic religion that blends African traditions, Indigenous beliefs, and elements of Catholicism and Spiritism, centered on mediumship and the worship of various deities and spirits.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Umbanda canonical 17
Umbanda Branca 1
Umbanda Esotérica 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Brazilian religion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
associatedCityOfOrigin Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
centralPractice mediumship ⓘ
combinesTraditionsFrom African religions ⓘ
Indigenous Brazilian beliefs ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Spiritualism ⓘ
surface form: Spiritism
coreBelief communication with spirits ⓘ
karma-like moral causality ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
emergedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
emergedInDecade 1900s ⓘ
hasBranch Umbanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Umbanda Branca

Umbanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Umbanda Esotérica

Umbanda Omolocô ⓘ
hasCharacteristic syncretic ⓘ
hasClergyRole mãe-de-santo ⓘ
pai-de-santo ⓘ
hasDeityType Orisha ⓘ
surface form: Orixás
hasEthicalFocus charity ⓘ
moral improvement ⓘ
spiritual healing ⓘ
hasReligiousSpecialist medium ⓘ
hasRitual gira ⓘ
hasSacredTextStatus no single canonical scripture ⓘ
hasSpiritType Caboclos ⓘ
Crianças ⓘ
Exus ⓘ
Pomba Giras ⓘ
Pretos Velhos ⓘ
influencedBy Bantu religious traditions ⓘ
Spiritualism ⓘ
surface form: Kardecist Spiritism

Tupi-Guarani Indigenous traditions ⓘ
Yoruba religious traditions ⓘ
mainRitualPlace terreiro ⓘ
practicedIn Argentina ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
other South American countries ⓘ
usesLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
usesMusic chanting ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
usesObject candles ⓘ
incense ⓘ
offerings ⓘ
worships Orisha ⓘ
surface form: Orixás

nature spirits ⓘ
spirits of the dead ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oya → associatedReligion → Umbanda ⓘ
Afro-Latin Americans → religionPracticed → Umbanda ⓘ
Afro-Brazilians → religion → Umbanda ⓘ
Afro-Brazilians → traditionalReligion → Umbanda ⓘ
Regla de Ocha → relatedTradition → Umbanda ⓘ
Yemoja → presentIn → Umbanda ⓘ
Orisha → religion → Umbanda ⓘ
Eledumare → associatedReligion → Umbanda ⓘ
Umbanda → hasBranch → Umbanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umbanda Branca
Umbanda → hasBranch → Umbanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Umbanda Esotérica
Yoruba religion → influencedReligion → Umbanda ⓘ
Afro-Brazilian religions → hasPart → Umbanda ⓘ
the Ibeji (in some traditions) → veneratedIn → Umbanda ⓘ
subject surface form: Ibeji
Afro-diasporic religions → includesTradition → Umbanda ⓘ
Yoruba orishas → influencedTradition → Umbanda ⓘ
Elegguá → religiousTradition → Umbanda ⓘ
Oyá → religion → Umbanda ⓘ
Kongo → religiousTraditionsInfluenced → Umbanda ⓘ
Batuque → sharesPantheonWith → Umbanda ⓘ