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.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (80)

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 ⓘ
Brazilian diaspora → hasReligion → Candomblé ⓘ
Salvador → religiousTradition → Candomblé ⓘ
Cuban Vodú → sharesFeatureWith → Brazilian Candomblé ⓘ
linked to: Candomblé
Festa de Iemanjá → religion → Candomblé ⓘ
Jubiabá → hasTheme → candomblé ⓘ
linked to: Candomblé
Olokun → veneratedIn → Candomblé ⓘ
babalorixá → religiousTradition → Candomblé ⓘ
Omolu → religiousTradition → Candomblé ⓘ