Fiesta de San Benito de Palermo

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Fiesta de San Benito de Palermo is a traditional Venezuelan religious and cultural celebration honoring Saint Benedict the Moor, deeply shaped by Afro-Venezuelan music, dance, and devotional practices.

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Fiesta de San Benito de Palermo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Venezuelan tradition ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith Afro-descendant communities ⓘ
Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

popular religiosity ⓘ
celebratedBy Afro-Venezuelan communities ⓘ
Catholic devotees ⓘ
country Venezuela ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Afro-Venezuelan culture ⓘ
hasDanceStyle collective dance ⓘ
hasElement community feasting ⓘ
devotional music ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
offerings ⓘ
religious procession ⓘ
singing of religious chants ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
veneration of saint’s image ⓘ
hasMusicStyle Afro-Venezuelan drumming ⓘ
call-and-response singing ⓘ
hasRitual carrying saint’s image in procession ⓘ
collective prayer ⓘ
dance offerings ⓘ
musical offerings ⓘ
promises and vows to the saint ⓘ
hasTheme Afro-Venezuelan heritage ⓘ
community identity ⓘ
devotion ⓘ
gratitude ⓘ
honors Saint Benedict the Moor ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
linkedTo Afro-Latin American religious traditions ⓘ
purpose community cohesion ⓘ
cultural preservation ⓘ
religious veneration ⓘ
religiousFigureHonored San Benito de Palermo ⓘ
socialFunction affirmation of Afro-descendant identity ⓘ
intergenerational transmission of traditions ⓘ
typeOfDevotion saint’s feast ⓘ

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

Afro-Venezuelans → influenceOnFestivals → Fiesta de San Benito de Palermo ⓘ