Candomblé

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Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion that blends traditional Yoruba, Fon, and Bantu beliefs with elements of Catholicism, centered on the worship of orixás through music, dance, and ritual offerings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Brazilian religion
syncretic religion
centralDeities orixás
developedFrom enslaved Africans in Brazil
emergedInCentury 19th century
hasClericalRole babalorixá
ialorixá
mãe-de-santo
pai-de-santo
hasCulturalOrigin Bantu peoples
Fon people
Yoruba people
hasInitiationPractice ritual shaving of the head
seclusion of initiates
hasKeyConcept ancestor veneration
divination
possession by orixás
sacred drumming
sacrifice
hasLanguageInfluence Portuguese language
Yoruba language
linked to: Yoruba
hasPantheonMember Exu
linked to: Elegguá

Iansã
Iemanjá
linked to: Yemoja

Nanã
Ogum
linked to: Ogun

Omolu
Oxum
linked to: Yemoja

Oxóssi
Xangô
linked to: Shango
hasPlaceOfWorship casa de santo
terreiro
hasPrimaryCountry Brazil
hasRegionalVariant Candomblé Angola
linked to: Candomblé

Candomblé Jeje
linked to: Candomblé

Candomblé Ketu
linked to: Candomblé
hasRitual festa de orixá
obrigação (initiation obligation)
toque ceremony
hasRitualSpecialist ekedi
ogã
hasSacredObject assentamento of orixá
atabaque drum
incorporatesElementsOf Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
influences Brazilian dance
Brazilian music
Brazilian popular culture
religiousTraditionOf Brazil
usesRitualForm dance
music
ritual offerings

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

Olodumare influenceOn Candomblé
Oya associatedReligion Candomblé
Afro-Brazilians religion Candomblé
Regla de Ocha relatedTradition Candomblé
Oshun veneratedIn Candomblé
Ifa influenced Candomblé
Yemoja presentIn Candomblé
Carybé associatedWith Candomblé
subject linked to: Carybé (artist)
Vodun influenced Brazilian Candomblé
linked to: Candomblé
Orisha religion Candomblé
Eledumare associatedReligion Candomblé
Candomblé hasRegionalVariant Candomblé Ketu
linked to: Candomblé
Candomblé hasRegionalVariant Candomblé Angola
linked to: Candomblé
Candomblé hasRegionalVariant Candomblé Jeje
linked to: Candomblé
Afro-Brazilian religions hasPart Candomblé
Afro-Brazilian religions hasPart Candomblé de Caboclo
linked to: Candomblé
Afro-Brazilian religions hasPart Candomblé Ketu
linked to: Candomblé
Afro-Brazilian religions hasPart Candomblé Angola
linked to: Candomblé
Afro-Brazilian religions hasPart Candomblé Jeje
linked to: Candomblé
Oba veneratedIn Candomblé
Ibeji veneratedIn Candomblé
subject linked to: the Ibeji (in some traditions)
Afro-diasporic religions includesTradition Candomblé Ketu
linked to: Candomblé
Afro-diasporic religions includesTradition Candomblé Angola
linked to: Candomblé
Afro-diasporic religions includesTradition Candomblé Jeje
linked to: Candomblé
West Africans influencedReligion Candomblé
babalawo presentInDiasporaTraditions Candomblé (some lineages)
linked to: Candomblé
Elegguá religiousTradition Candomblé
Obatalá veneratedIn Candomblé (as Oxalá)
linked to: Candomblé
Oyá religion Candomblé
Babalú-Ayé religion Candomblé
Orunmila religion Candomblé
Dique do Tororó culturalContext Candomblé
Kongo religiousTraditionsInfluenced Candomblé de Angola
linked to: Candomblé
Batuque sharesPantheonWith Candomblé