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Traditional religion of the Bakongo people
Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional spiritual beliefs of the Bakongo people. Due to the highly centralized position
Kongo_religion
Ethnic group in Central Africa
The Kongo people (also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo; Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined
Kongo_people
Sacred symbol in Bakongo spirituality
The Kongo cosmogram (also called yowa or dikenga cross, Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Kongo religion that
Kongo_cosmogram
Syncretic Afro-Cuban religion
diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th or early 20th century. It draws heavily upon the traditional Kongo religion of Central
Palo_(religion)
The Catholic Church arrived in the Kingdom of Kongo shortly after the first Portuguese explorers reached its shores in 1483. The Portuguese left several
Catholic_Church_in_Kongo
Topics referred to by the same term
Kikongo, one of the Bantu languages Kongo languages Kongo people Kongo religion Kongo, Ghana, a town in Ghana Kongo Central, formerly Bas-Congo, a province
Kongo
1390–1914 state in Central Africa; Portuguese vassal from 1857
The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo Dya Ntotila or Wene wa Kongo; Portuguese: Reino do Congo; Latin: Regnum Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was
Kingdom_of_Kongo
Entity that created the universe
Kiatezua Lubanzadio (2017). "The Spiral as the Basic Semiotic of the Kongo Religion, the Bukongo". Journal of Black Studies. 48 (1): 91–112. doi:10.1177/0021934716678984
Creator_deity
Water spirit in Kongo religion
In an Afro-Cuban religion called Palo, bisimbi are called both Nkitas and Mpungus (also spelled Ampungus). They are similar to Kongo nature spirits that
Simbi
Kongo spiritual healer
ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported
Nganga
Grave sculptures from Zaire and Angola
The Kongo place stone figures called tumba (a Ki-Kongo word, pl. bitumba) on the graves of powerful people. Bitumba were created in Zaire and Angola during
Tumba_(Kongo)
Umbanda, Candomblé Bantu, and Venezuelan Yuyu. Chagga religion Kongo religion Maasai religion Zulu religion See Werner, chapter 1. Scheub, Harold (2000). A
Bantu_religion
Bakongo god
Kiatezua Lubanzadio (2017). "The Spiral as the Basic Semiotic of the Kongo Religion, the Bukongo". Journal of Black Studies. 48 (1): 96. ISSN 0021-9347
Nzambi_Ampungu
Concept in West-Central African Bantu cosmology
Bantu cosmologies—most prominently within Ambundu (Kimbundu speakers), Kongo, and Chokwe traditions—referring both to Kalûnga as the Supreme God (the
Kalûnga_Line
Afro-Jamaican religion
Kumina is a religion that developed in Jamaica during the 19th century. It draws in large part on elements from Kongo religion that had been introduced
Kumina
Protective spirits in Bakongo religion
chez le Kongo d'après le troisième volume de K. Laman," Africa 45: 12-28. Janzen, John and Wyatt MacGaffey (1974). An Anthology of Kongo Religion Lawrence
Nkisi
Bakongo goddess
well as Moon, Earth and Sky Mother in Bakongo religion. She is also the female counterpart of the Kongo creator god, Nzambi Ampungu. By the 17th century
Nzambici
Spiritual forest in Kongo religion
contact with the ancestors. One expert on Kongo religion, Dr. Fu-Kiau, even described some precolonial Kongo cosmograms with mfinda as a bridge between
Mfinda
Syncretic Bakongo Catholic movement
movement formed in the Kingdom of Kongo between 1704 and 1708, as a development out of the Catholic Church in Kongo, yet without denying the authority
Antonianism
Bantu language of west-central Africa
Kongo or Kikongo is a Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Kongo_language
God in African Mythology
the Ngombe people of the Congo. The Christian faith and non-Christian religions explains that Akongo "is not impersonal, like Mana: indeed the people
Akongo
Bakongo rain goddess
Bunzi) is a serpent water spirit and goddess of rain in traditional Kongo religion that was first venerated by the Woyo people of the Kingdom of Ngoyo
Bunzi
Traditional hexing material in African-American hoodoo folk magic
Southern United States. It has roots in traditional Kongo religion. The word goofer in goofer dust has Kongo origins and comes from the Kikongo word Kufwa which
Goofer_dust
Vodou is very much influenced by religions from Benin, and to complement it also influenced by the Kongo religions, the Yoruba, Catholicism and a bit
Religion in the Dominican Republic
Religion_in_the_Dominican_Republic
Diverse traditional beliefs and practices of African people
mythology (Central, Southeast, Southern Africa) Bushongo mythology (Congo) Kongo religion (Congo) Lugbara mythology (Congo) Baluba mythology (Congo) Mbuti mythology
African_traditional_religions
Spiritual practices, traditions and beliefs
Texas. These captive Africans practiced a Bantu-Kongo religion in Cuba, and researchers excavated Kongo-related artifacts at the site. For example, archeologists
Hoodoo_(spirituality)
Religious statue in the Congo, Africa
varies minkondi, zinkondi, or ninkondi) are mystical statuettes made by the Kongo people of the Congo region. Nkondi are a subclass of minkisi that are considered
Nkondi
religion Kongo religion Kwe faith Luhya religion Luvale religion Makonde witchcraft Makua religion Mbole religion Ndau witchcraft Nyakyusa religion Nyau
List of religions and spiritual traditions
List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions
Supreme deity in Bantu religion
forest and water spirits called mingehe, similar to the bisimbi of Kongo religion. The Nyoro and Toro people of Uganda refer to the Supreme God as Nyamuhanga
Nyambe
Family of loa (spirits) in Haitian Vodou religion
research instead suggested that they derived from the spirit pantheons of the Kongo people of West Central Africa. As spirits associated with anger and rage
Petwo_lwa
Kongolese Prophet
ISBN 978-9956-762-76-7. MacGaffey, Wyatt (1977). "Cultural Roots of Kongo Prophetism". History of Religions. 17 (2): 184. ISSN 0018-2710 – via JSTOR. Thornton, John
Apollonia_Mafuta
Haitian Vodou lwa
Jean, along with his wife Marienette, originated as nkita spirits from Kongo religion; further, he drew comparison between Ti Jean's short stature and lameness
Ti_Jean
Sky deity who represents the Sun
Tutankhaten/Tutankhamen) who had adopted the Aten during the reign of Akhenaten. In Kongo religion, Nzambi Mpungu is the Sky Father and god of the Sun, while that his
Solar_deity
Ruler of the Empire of Kongo from 1509 to 1542/43
ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to
Afonso_I_of_Kongo
Branch of Candomblé religion
the same manner as Olorun and the other orishas of the Yoruba religion. Minkisi is a Kongo language term: it is the plural of Nkisi, meaning "receptacle"
Candomblé_Angola
Cultural or religious practice
beliefs and rites goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian times. Ancient Indian religion likewise developed an extensive tradition of ancestral rites, including
Ancestor_worship
Bantu martial art from Angola
and warriors in ancient Angola, based on the inverted worldview of kongo religion. With this worldview, shamans put themselves upside down to gain power
Engolo
Range of beliefs that a person has two or more kinds of souls
groups believed in several types of souls. In traditional Bakongo religion, every Kongo person has a "dual soul-mind," called mwèla-ngindu that allows them
Soul_dualism
Magical amulet bag in Hoodoo tradition
Staff. "Kongo, Louisiana, & the Black South" (PDF). Duke University. Retrieved 31 October 2021. Yvonne, Chireau (2006). Black Magic: Religion and the
Mojo_bag
African American ritual dance
Thompson, also assert that the ring shout dance is specifically derived from Kongo counterclockwise dances that were performed in Angola and the Democratic
Ring_shout
Only or paramount deity of a religion
Odinani Mwari, in Shona religion Nyambe, in Bantu religions Nzambi, in Kongo religion Ọlọrun, in Isese Ruhanga, in Rutara religion Shangdi, in Shenism Wusheng
List_of_supreme_deities
American anthropologist
political organization, economic development, religion, health, and patterns of healthcare seeking among the Kongo people. His research employed a historical
John_M._Janzen
Haitian Vodou spirits
"Comparative Theology: Sumer, Memphis, Kongo Religion and Natural Systematic Theology". Journal of Religion and Theology. 2 (1): 35–36. McAlister, Elizabeth
Lwa
Traditional medical practices in Africa
Separation of Medicine and Religion by Politics and Science. In: Lüddeckens, D., & Schrimpf, M. (2018). Medicine – religion – spirituality: Global perspectives
African_traditional_medicine
ISBN 978-1-919743-53-0. Janzen, John M.; MacGaffey, Wyatt (1974). "An Anthology of Kongo Religion: Primary Texts from Lower Zaïre". University of Kansas Publications
Witchcraft_in_Africa
Goddess representing motherhood or fertility
dead into her star-filled sky, and refresh them with food and wine. In Kongo religion, the Sky Mother, Nzambici, was the female counterpart of the Sky Father
Mother_goddess
Term used in Latin America and the Caribbean
Espiritismo became popular as a way to mimic ancestor veneration in Kongo religion. Espiritismo in Cuba would eventually mix with other local African elements
Espiritismo
List of African ethnic groups
heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects such as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing (clothing) style, and other factors
List of contemporary ethnic groups of Africa
List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups_of_Africa
Njambe is the supreme creator god figure in the traditional religion of the Loki or Boloki people, who are primarily based in the Democratic Republic of
Njambe
Deity associated with thunder, rains and storms
Zulu traditional religion Ọya, the orisha of winds, tempests, and cyclones in Yoruba religion Bunzi, goddess of rain, in Kongo religion. Tano (Ta Kora)
Weather_god
prints used on the Niombo could include lozenges. As a metaphor in Kongo and Bantu religions for the four corners of existence, the inclusion of this symbol
Niombo
Social-cultural system
Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, ethics, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places
Religion
African-American dance style known as hamboning
Because the movement of the sun was an important element of traditional Kongo religion, it became a prominent feature of their spiritual practices. This included
Juba_dance
Religion indigenous to Cuba
from Yoruba religion as it interacted with Roman Catholicism and Spiritism. Also present was Palo, informed predominantly by Kongo religion but which also
Haitian_Vodou_in_Cuba
Religion from Haiti
blending of the traditional religions of those enslaved West and Central Africans brought to the island of Hispaniola, among them Kongo, Fon, and Yoruba. There
Haitian_Vodou
Title of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo
Awenekongo or Mwenekongo) was the title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, a kingdom that existed from the 14th to the 19th centuries and consisted
Manikongo
Religious and nationalist movement among the Kongo people
Bundu dia Kongo (Kikongo; lit. "Gathering of Kongo"), known as BDK, is a new religious movement with a political and cultural agenda that is associated
Bundu_dia_Kongo
5th ManiKongo of Kongo from 1470 to 1509
(born Nzinga-a-Nkuwu; c. 1440 – 1509) was the 5th ManiKongo of the Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo-dia-Ntotila) between 1470 and 1509. After Portuguese
João_I_of_Kongo
African water spirit
v t e Kongo religion Religions Antonianism Kongo Kongo Catholicism Deities Bunzi Chicamassi-chinuinji Dinganga God Jesus Kimbazi Kuitikuiti Lubangala Lusiemo
Mami_Wata
Street fighting version of the Brazilian martial art
wore colored ribbons, especially yellow and red, associated with Kongo/Angola religions. On December 13, 1814, two African slaves were arrested for playing
Capoeira_carioca
African Religion. SAGE. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1-4129-3636-1. Luyaluka, Kiatezua Lubanzadio (2017). "The Spiral as the Basic Semiotic of the Kongo Religion, the
Religious interpretations of the Big Bang theory
Religious_interpretations_of_the_Big_Bang_theory
Community of escaped slaves in Brazil (1605 to 1694)
Christianized, either from the Portuguese colony or from the Kingdom of Kongo, which was a Christianized country at that time. Others had been converted
Palmares_(quilombo)
Racial or ethnic group in Venezuela with African ancestry
Afro-Diasporic spiritual practice from Venezuela that originates from Kongo religion with influences from Vodun and Isese. The spiritual practice is mostly
Afro-Venezuelans
Guyanese folk religion
traditional practices, specifically Kongo religion, Christianity, and some elements from indigenous peoples. The main Kongo influences on Comfa are the cosmology
Comfa
Afro-Cuban fraternity or secret society
and Palo, which has its origins among the Kongo religion of Central Africa. Another Afro-Cuban religion is Arará, which derives from practices among
Abakuá
Country in Central Africa
140 nations. It is named after the Congo River whose name is derived from Kongo, a Bantu kingdom that occupied its mouth around the time the Portuguese
Republic_of_the_Congo
Human attribution of special powers or value to an object
Kongo ritual system as a whole, bears a relationship similar to that which Marx supposed that "political economy" bore to capitalism as its "religion"
Fetishism
between the 8th and 13th centuries. Rooted in broader Proto-Indo-European religion, the historical Slavic faith was polytheistic and animistic, characterized
Slavic_paganism
Religions of the African diaspora
African diaspora religions, also described as Afro-American religions, are a number of related beliefs that developed in the Americas in various areas
African_diaspora_religions
Religion or creed endorsed by the state
state religion (also called official religion) is a religion or creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state. A state with an official religion (also
State_religion
Ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1661 to 1665
I Vita a Nkanga (or Mvita a Nkanga) was a mwenekongo of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from 1661 to his defeat and death at the Battle of Mbwila on October
António_I_of_Kongo
Political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Development of the Kongo Language (French: Association Bakongo pour l'unification, la conservation et le développement de la langue Kongo, ABAKO) was a Congolese
ABAKO
Afro-Venezuelan folk healing and spirituality
Belief in the Afro-Cuban Religion of Palo Monte". Ricerche di Storia Sociale e Religiosa. 44 (87): 145–173. Kongo religion Maria Lionza Nkisi Afro-Venezuelans
Birongo
mediate between these two worlds. A specific characteristic of the Kongo religion is the so-called cosmogram. It is believed the highest god, next to
Pre-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pre-colonial_history_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
West-African religion
The Yorùbá religion (Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe [ìʃɛ̀ʃē]), West African Orisa (Òrìṣà [òɾìʃà]), or Isese (Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), comprises the traditional religious and spiritual
Yoruba_religion
Water spirits in Sawabantu spirituality
both the ocean, rivers and lakes of Cameroon. Similar to a simbi in Kongo religion, a jengu is seen as a guardian of the natural world that acts as a spiritual
Jengu
State on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa from 1518 to 1683
was listed among the titles of the King of Kongo in 1535, so it was likely somewhat subordinate to Kongo. Its oral traditions, collected in the late
Kingdom_of_Ndongo
Religion established by Baháʼu'lláh
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion, established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people
Baháʼí_Faith
Kongo-based liturgical language of Cuba
Habla Congo or Habla Bantú is a Kongo-based liturgical language of the Palo religion with origins in Cuba, later spreading to other countries in the Caribbean
Habla_Congo
Collection of gods of a particular religion or mythos
pantheon is the particular set of all gods of any individual polytheistic religion, mythology, or tradition. The word, pantheon, derives from Greek πάνθεον
Pantheon_(religion)
Belief that there is only one God
Bukongo is the traditional religion of the Kongo people, originating from Central Africa ( the former "Ntotila kya Kongo" established parts of the Democratic
Monotheism
Traditional religious beliefs and practices of the Akan people
Akan religion comprises the traditional beliefs and religious practices of the Akan people of Ghana and eastern Ivory Coast. Akan religion is referred
Akan_religion
Bantu kingdom
state to form the Kongo Kingdom around 1375 AD. Its main ancestor is the Sovereign Nsaku Ne Vunda. The founding myth of the Kongo Kingdom begins with
Mbata_Kingdom
Buddhist temple in Osaka, Japan
Kongō-ji (金剛寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan. It is the head temple of the Shingon Omuro sect. and also known under its mountain-name
Kongō-ji
Systematic comparison of the world's religions
Abrahamic religions and Iranian religions), Indian religions, East Asian religions, African religions, American religions, Oceanic religions, and classical
Comparative_religion
Guardians of the Buddha
密迹金剛; simplified Chinese: 密迹金刚; pinyin: Mìjī jīngāng; Japanese: Misshaku Kongō; Korean: Miljeok geumgang; Vietnamese: Mật tích kim cương ) is a symbol
Nio_(Buddhism)
the Kongo Kingdom in the eyes of European states. Afonso I (r. 1506–43) even travelled to Europe where he studied religion.[citation needed] The Kongo Kingdom
Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Christianity_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Contemporary Art Africa opened in Cape Town, South Africa. Traditional African religion portal Africa portal 1.^In 1903, the League of the Empire was founded in
African art in Western collections
African_art_in_Western_collections
continued by King Álvaro II of Kongo in 1607 after the Portuguese brought the Order of Christ to the Kingdom of Kongo. Álvaro I was given permission by
Order_of_Christ_(Kongo)
Traditional religion of the Dahomey Kingdom
Dahomean religion was a form of West African Vodún practiced by the Fon people of the Dahomey Kingdom, located in present-day Benin. People taken from
Dahomean_religion
Formal disaffiliation of a religious belief
is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing
Apostasy
The relationship between science and religion involves discussions that interconnect the study of the natural world, history, philosophy, and theology
Relationship between science and religion
Relationship_between_science_and_religion
Afro-Jamaican religion
Myal is an indigenous religion in Jamaica and was first practiced by the native Arawakan speaking peoples who first peopled Jamaica. Due to the integration
Myal
Traditional beliefs of the Dinka people of South Sudan
Dinka spirituality is the traditional religion of the Dinka people (also known as Muonyjang), an ethnic group of South Sudan. They belong to the Nilotic
Dinka_religion
Ethnoreligious group of the Levant
Druze faith, an Abrahamic, esoteric, monotheistic, ethnic, and syncretic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity
Druze
hunting whistles would then commonly be used. "Kongo artist - Nsiba (whistle) for a hunter or diviner - Kongo peoples - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". www
Nsiba
1908–1960 Belgian colony in Central Africa
Retrieved 8 November 2020. World autonomies. eisa.org. Kongo-overzee: tijdschrift voor en over Belgisch-Kongo en andere overzeese gewesten Archived 26 July 2020
Belgian_Congo
Traditional religious beliefs of the Dogon people
The Dogon religion is the traditional religious or spiritual beliefs of the Dogon people of Mali. Dogons who adhere to the Dogon religion believe in one
Dogon_religion
Kingdom of Kongo ambassador
JSTOR 25593873. Gray, Richard (1999). "A Kongo Princess, the Kongo Ambassadors and the Papacy". Journal of Religion in Africa. 29 (2): 140–154. doi:10.2307/1581869
Emanuele_Ne_Vunda
Places in folklore where the supernatural can happen
slave trade, the Kongo cosmogram was brought to the United States by African slaves. Archeologists unearthed representations of the Kongo cosmogram on slave
Crossroads_(folklore)
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