Afro-Caribbean religions

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Afro-diasporic religion religious tradition syncretic religion

Afro-Caribbean religions are a diverse group of syncretic spiritual traditions in the Caribbean that blend West and Central African beliefs with Christianity and Indigenous influences.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Afro-Cuban religions 3
Vodou 3
Santería 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-diasporic religion ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
syncretic religion ⓘ
centralConcept maintenance of relationships with ancestors ⓘ
ritual mediation between human and spirit worlds ⓘ
veneration of African-derived deities and spirits ⓘ
developedInContextOf Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
European colonialism in the Caribbean ⓘ
hasCharacteristic ancestor veneration ⓘ
oral transmission of knowledge ⓘ
polytheistic elements ⓘ
ritual drumming and dance ⓘ
ritual healing ⓘ
secret or esoteric initiatory systems ⓘ
spirit possession ⓘ
syncretic ⓘ
use of altars and shrines ⓘ
use of divination ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Central African religious traditions ⓘ
Indigenous Caribbean spiritual practices ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
West African religious traditions ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Akan religious traditions ⓘ
Catholic saint veneration ⓘ
European folk magic ⓘ
Kongo religious traditions ⓘ
Yoruba religion ⓘ
hasSocialRole community cohesion ⓘ
cultural resistance to oppression ⓘ
healing and protection ⓘ
preservation of African heritage in the Caribbean ⓘ
includes Cuban Espiritismo ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
surface form: Cuban Santería

Dominican 21 Divisiones ⓘ
Haitian Vodou ⓘ
Kumina ⓘ
Myal ⓘ
Obeah ⓘ
Palo Monte ⓘ
Puerto Rican Espiritismo ⓘ
Rastafari ⓘ
Regla de Ocha ⓘ
Shango Baptist ⓘ
originatesFrom Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean region
practicedIn Barbados ⓘ
Caribbean diaspora communities ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
Grenada ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
Jamaica ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
usesRitualObject candles ⓘ
herbs ⓘ
offerings of food and drink ⓘ
ritual drums ⓘ
ritual symbols and veves ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Yoruba → culturalInfluenceOn → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Candomblé
Yoruba → culturalInfluenceOn → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santería
Yoruba people → diasporaReligionInfluence → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trinidad Orisha religion
Caribbean → hasReligion → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
Santiago de Cuba → hasReligiousTradition → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban religions
Olodumare → influenceOn → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban religions
Cuba → majorReligion → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban religions
this entity surface form: Santería
Afro-Caribbean people → religion → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vodou
Afro-Guadeloupeans → religion → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean folk religion
Afro-Mexicans → religion → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-American folk religion
Haitian Americans → religion → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vodou
Haiti → religionSignificant → Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vodou