Cuban Vodú

E664785

African diasporic religion Afro-Caribbean religion syncretic religion

Cuban Vodú is an Afro-Caribbean religious tradition in Cuba that blends West African Vodun beliefs with elements of Catholicism and local spiritual practices.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Afro-Cuban religions	1
Cuban Vodú canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African diasporic religion ⓘ Afro-Caribbean religion ⓘ syncretic religion ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
developedFrom	enslaved Africans in colonial Cuba ⓘ
hasBelief	intermediary deities ⓘ nature spirits ⓘ spirit possession as communication with deities ⓘ spirits of the dead ⓘ
hasGoal	guidance from spirits ⓘ healing ⓘ protection ⓘ resolution of personal and social problems ⓘ
hasOrigin	Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPractice	altar offerings ⓘ ancestor veneration ⓘ animal sacrifice ⓘ divination ⓘ healing rituals ⓘ ritual drumming ⓘ sacred dance ⓘ spirit possession ⓘ trance rituals ⓘ
hasRitualObject	Catholic images ⓘ candles ⓘ offerings of food and drink ⓘ ritual drums ⓘ
hasRitualSpace	home altars ⓘ temples ⓘ
historicalContext	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
influencedBy	Ewe religious traditions ⓘ Fon religious traditions ⓘ Kardecist Spiritism NERFINISHED ⓘ Kongo religious traditions ⓘ Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ West African Vodun NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoruba religious traditions ⓘ indigenous Caribbean spiritual practices ⓘ
isTypeOf	Vodou tradition ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vodun ⓘ spiritism ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Brazilian Candomblé NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominican Vudú NERFINISHED ⓘ Haitian Vodou NERFINISHED ⓘ Santería NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesLanguage	Spanish ⓘ ritual African languages ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Vodun → influenced → Cuban Vodú ⓘ

Kongo people → diasporaInfluence → Cuban Vodú ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban religions