Brazil Slide Series: Collection Candomble, Slide No. 0018.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Klaus Wirth

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

The visitation room of the Indian chief, full of curative herbs. The use medicinal herbs was another similarity between Indian and African cults, and facilitated the incorporation of Amerindian beliefs into Afro-Brazilian religion.Sala de consultas do chefe indígena, cheia de hervas medicinais. O uso de hervas medicinais foi outra semelhança existente entre os cultos indígenas e africanos, facilitando assim a incorporação de crenças ameríndias na religião afro-brasileira.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1994