Afro-Venezuelans

E280522

Venezuelan people of African descent ethnic group

Afro-Venezuelans are Venezuelan people of African descent whose culture, music, and religious traditions significantly shape the country’s coastal and national identity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Afro-Venezuelans canonical	3
Afro-Venezuelan	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Venezuelan people of African descent ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
colonialPowerInvolved	Spanish Empire ⓘ
continentOfOrigin	Africa ⓘ
country	Venezuela ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Venezuelan coastal identity ⓘ Venezuelan cuisine ⓘ Venezuelan national identity ⓘ Venezuelan popular music ⓘ Venezuelan religious festivals ⓘ
culturalPractice	community drum circles ⓘ drum-centered religious celebrations ⓘ veneration of Catholic saints with African-derived rituals ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Central African peoples ⓘ West African peoples ⓘ
historicalOrigin	enslaved Africans brought during the colonial period ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfArrival	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
influenceOnFestivals	Fiesta de San Benito de Palermo ⓘ Fiesta de San Juan ⓘ surface form: Fiesta de San Juan Bautista
influenceOnReligion	syncretic Afro-Catholic traditions ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
mainRegionsInVenezuela	Aragua state ⓘ Barlovento ⓘ Carabobo ⓘ surface form: Carabobo state Caribbean coastal regions ⓘ Falcón state ⓘ Isla Margarita ⓘ surface form: Isla de Margarita Miranda state ⓘ Sucre State ⓘ surface form: Sucre state Vargas state ⓘ Yaracuy state ⓘ Zulia ⓘ surface form: Zulia state
musicInstruments	drums ⓘ maracas ⓘ quitiplás bamboo tubes ⓘ
recognizedAsMinority	yes ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Afro-Brazilians ⓘ Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Afro-Caribbeans Afro-Colombians ⓘ Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
religion	Afro-Caribbean folk religion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ Santería ⓘ surface form: Santería (in some communities) Spiritualism ⓘ surface form: Spiritism
traditionalDance	Fiesta de San Benito dances ⓘ San Juan dances ⓘ
traditionalMusic	culo’e puya drumming ⓘ parranda ⓘ quitiplás ⓘ tambores (drum-based music) ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Afro-Arubans → relatedGroup → Afro-Venezuelans ⓘ

Afro-Bonairians → relatedTo → Afro-Venezuelans ⓘ

Manuel Piar → ethnicGroup → Afro-Venezuelans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Venezuelan

Afro-Bonaireans → relatedTo → Afro-Venezuelans ⓘ