Kongo in Haiti: A New Approach to Religious Syncretism

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Jun 1989 Belgium Publisher:JSTORJournal:Man, volume 24, page 290 (issn: 0025-1496,

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Authors: de Heusch, Luc;

doi: 10.2307/2803307

handle: 2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/321700

Kongo in Haiti: A New Approach to Religious Syncretism

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Abstract

Analyse structurale et historique des principaux apports de cultes d'origines africaines dans le Vaudou haitien dont le syncretisme chretien reste superficiel. Il s'agit d'une part du culte rada qui se rapporte aux divinites des Fon de l'ancien Dahomey (Benin) et d'autre part du culte petro issu de la religion des Kongo du Bas-Zaire

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Belgium

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Université Libre de Bruxelles
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Histoire culturelle

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