Birongo

Birongo, wanda aka fi sani da Bilongo, al'adar ruhaniya ce da aka samu tsakanin Venezuela" id="mwCQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afro-Venezuelans">'Yan Afirka da Venezuela a yankunan karkara na Coastal Venezuela, musamman ma na Kudancin Tekun Maracaibo da kuma yankin Barlovento amma tare da irin waɗannan siffofin da ke Cuba da Jamhuriyar Dominica  don bayyana al'adun sihiri da warkar da al'adun Afirka kamar yadda ake yi tsakanin' yan Afirka da Venezuela. 

 Magana 
Kalmar "birongo" ta fito ne daga kalmar Kikongo "bilongo", wacce ake amfani da ita don bayyana sinadaran amfani da sihiri amma ana amfani da kalmar a Venezuela don bayyana maganin gargajiya, har ma da maita.

 Ayyuka 
Masu aikin Birongo, waɗanda aka sani da curanderos ko ensalmaderos, suna amfani da ganye da sinadaran daban-daban don warkar da cututtukan ruhaniya da na jiki kamar mal de ojo, da sauran siffofi ta amfani da ganya da shirye-shirye daban-daban kamar wanka da shayi don warkarwa da wanda aka azabtar. Tare da wannan, suna amfani da maganin tunani na addu'a da yin hasashen don warkar da mai haƙuri yayin da suke kira ga tsarkaka daban-daban waɗanda aka haɗa su da alloli na Afirka. Sau da yawa suna yin duba tare da taba kuma a wasu lokuta za su yi amfani da shi don bayar da rahoton matsalolin ruhaniya. Ana amfani da ban dariya sau da yawa, mai yiwuwa daga tasirin Mutanen Espanya.
alt=A sacred tree tied with colored cloths and a grass skirt, with symbols drawn on the trunk|thumb|Sau da yawa ana ɗaukar itatuwa masu tsarki a cikin al'adar Birongo, kuma zane-zane masu launi daban-daban don wakiltar ruhohi galibi ana ɗaure su a kan bishiyoyi, tare da alamomin da aka zana a kan bark da aka sani da "capillas" ko "oraculos".
Tare da tsarkaka, kakanninmu suna da muhimmiyar rawa a cikin aikin yawancin Afro-Venezuelans, wani abu da ke nuna sauran al'adun addinai na Kongo kamar Hoodoo da Palo Mayombe. An yi imanin masu warkarwa suna da alaƙa kai tsaye da matattu kuma suna amfani Mai duba ta taba ko duba don su iya sadarwa tare da su.

Masu bautar sau da yawa suna amfani da barasa a matsayin abin sha da miƙa wa ruhohi da tsarkaka a cikin al'adunsu, tare da hayaki na taba, da kuma hadayar dabba ta lokaci-lokaci tare da drumming da raira waƙa don ƙarfafa aikin trance-possession wanda ya zama ruwan dare kuma sau da yawa yana faruwa a lokacin mafi tsananin sassa na bukukuwan drumming kuma yana da asalinsa a cikin siffofin ibada na Afirka kuma ana nuna shi ta hanyar kuka, rawa, da jin dadi kuma yana iya kasancewa daga yanayin trance ko trance-pressession na ruhohin sigari na gawawansu da ruhohi na gawawwaki wanda za a iya haifar da kuma yana da amfani da sigari.

 Alloli 
Ana bauta wa tsarkaka daban-daban tsakanin al'ummomin Afro-Venezuelan, musamman Saint Benedict na Palermo, wanda aka haɗa shi da allahn Dahomean na Agbe .  Sunayen wasu alloli suma sun bayyana a cikin waƙoƙinsa, kamar Unsasi, Obi, da Kalunga-Ngombe kuma ana yin waƙoƙin sau da yawa tare da wasu sassa gaba ɗaya a cikin yarukan Afirka kamar Kikongo, Yoruba, ko Efik da sauran a cikin Mutanen Espanya, kuma wani lokaci Latin. 
Wani muhimmin abu, kuma sanannen mai tsarki, shi ne na Saint John the Baptist a cikin al'ummarsa kamar San Juan Congo, ko Saint John na Congo wanda aka haɗa shi da Malembe, allahn al'umma na asalin Kongo wanda ke kare mazauna ƙauyuka da noma daga mugayen dakarun da aka wakilta a tarihi a matsayin nkisi tare da phallus kuma mai yiwuwa duk alloli na al'adar Birongo an nuna su a matsayin nkisis maimakon tare da siffofi masu tsarki a gaban su ta cocin Katolika, amma enmaderos na iya kiyaye nkisi ko ma ruhohi kamar karɓa. Nksis na saint / allahn kansa yawanci ana ciyar da shi da jinin dabba, barasa, hayaki na taba, gunpowder, ganye (da ruwan ganye), da ƙasusuwa masu foda don cajin shi da makamashi na saint. Akwai wasu tsarkaka da ake bautawa, kamar Saint Peter, Saint Anthony na Padua, Saint Francis na Paola, da Maria Lionza. 

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