Palo Monte

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Palo Monte is an Afro-Cuban religious tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin that centers on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and the ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural elements.

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Label Occurrences
Palo Monte canonical 13

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Cuban religion
Afro-diasporic spiritual tradition
developedIn Cuba
emergedDuring Atlantic slave trade
surface form: transatlantic slave trade
hasAlternativeName Las Reglas de Congo
Palo
Palo Mayombe
Regla de Palo
hasBelief ancestors can intervene in human affairs
spirits inhabit natural elements
hasClericalRole tata nganga
yaya nganga
hasConcept mpungu
nfumbi
nkisi
hasCorePractice ancestor worship
ritual use of natural elements
ritual use of sacred cauldrons
spirit veneration
hasCulturalContext Afro-Cuban culture
hasEthnicRoot Kongo people
surface form: Bakongo people
hasFocus healing
protection and defense
sorcery
spirit manipulation
work with the dead
hasLanguageInfluence Kikongo
Spanish
hasOrigin Central Africa
Kongo Central Province
surface form: Kongo region
hasRitualElement chanting
divination
drumming
herbal magic
sacrifice
spirit possession
use of sticks and roots
hasTransmissionMode initiation
lineage-based teaching
isPracticedIn Afro-Caribbean people
surface form: Caribbean diaspora communities

Cuba
United States of America
surface form: United States
isRelatedTo Spiritualism
surface form: Espiritismo

Kongo traditional religion
Santería
usesObject nganga
prenda
sacred cauldron

Referenced by (13)

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

Cuban Espiritismo associatedWith Palo Monte
Afro-Cubans religion Palo Monte
Palo Mayombe relatedTradition Palo Monte
Regla de Palo hasAlternativeName Palo Monte
Las Reglas de Congo relatedTo Palo Monte
nkisi usedInReligion Palo Monte
subject surface form: Nkisi
tata nganga religiousTradition Palo Monte
Guanabacoa hasReligion Palo Monte