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Birongo

Birongo, also spelled Bilongo, is a spiritual tradition found among Afro-Venezuelans in rural areas of coastal Venezuela in South America, especially that of southern coastal Lake Maracaibo and in the subregion of Barlovento but with similar forms existing in Cuba and the Dominican Republic to describe magico-religious traditions and folk healing of…

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Chimbanguele

Haitian VodouSaint Benedict of PalermoDahomeanAgbeUnsasi
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Practices

Mal de ojoDivinationTobaccoHumorismSpaniard
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Central Venezuelan Birongo

Saint John the BaptistNkisiPhallusSaint PeterSaint Anthony of Padua
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Etymology

Kikongo
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Birongo

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Avg. degree1.96
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Birongo

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related to Practices · 17
Birongo → African, African Diaspora, Afro-Venezuelan, Alongside, Baptist, In, In Maria Lionza's, Initiations, Malembe, Maria Lionza, Practitioners, Saint John, Saint John Congo, Santeria, Spaniard, The, They
related to Central Venezuelan Birongo · 15
Birongo → Baptist, Catholic, Congo, Kongo, Malembe, Maria Lionza, Padua, Paola, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis, Saint John, Saint Peter, San Juan Congo, The, There
related to Etymology · 3
Birongo → Kikongo, The, Venezuela

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also saints use saint spiritual tradition african efik often rituals origins tobacco ritual folk afro-venezuelans chimbanguele known syncretized congo maria

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mal de ojoinstance ofuse various herbs and ingredients to heal both spiritual and physical illness0.80text
and other forms using various herbsinstance ofuse various herbs and ingredients to heal both spiritual and physical illness0.80text
preparations such as bathsinstance ofuse various herbs and ingredients to heal both spiritual and physical illness0.80text
teas to heal the victiminstance ofuse various herbs and ingredients to heal both spiritual and physical illness0.80text
Santeriainstance ofa ritual step in African Diaspora religions0.80text
Hoodooinstance ofsomething which mirrors many other Kongo-based religious traditions0.80text
Palo Mayombeinstance ofsomething which mirrors many other Kongo-based religious traditions0.80text
Kikongoinstance ofand Kalunga-Ngombe and the chants are often done with some parts fully in African languages0.80text
Yorubainstance ofand Kalunga-Ngombe and the chants are often done with some parts fully in African languages0.80text
or Efikinstance ofand Kalunga-Ngombe and the chants are often done with some parts fully in African languages0.80text
the rest in Spanishinstance ofand Kalunga-Ngombe and the chants are often done with some parts fully in African languages0.80text
and occasionally Latininstance ofand Kalunga-Ngombe and the chants are often done with some parts fully in African languages0.80text

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