Dancing wisdom : embodied knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé /

Dancing wisdom : embodied knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé / Yvonne Daniel.

Concentrating on the Caribbean Basin and the coastal area of northeast South America, Yvonne Daniel considers three African-derived religious systems that rely heavily on dance behavior--Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahamian Candomblé. Combining her background in dance and anthropology to paral...

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Main Author: Daniel, Yvonne, 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Dance > Religious aspects.
African Americans > Religion.
Orishas.
Yoruba (African people) > Cuba > Religion.
Vodou.
Candomblé (Religion) > Brazil > Bahia (State)
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Religion.
Table of Contents:
  • Deciphering diaspora dances: their origin nations and belief systems
  • Body knowledge at the crossroads
  • Days of remembrance
  • Dances of memory
  • Praise dance and liturgical orders
  • Informal learning with Haitian lwas
  • Informal learning with Bahian orixás
  • Formal learning with Cuban orichas
  • The dancing body and embodied wisdom.

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