Spirits, blood, and drums
Subtitle: the Orisha religion in Trinidad
By: James T. Houk.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Houk, James T. 1955-; Blacks -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Religion; Trinidad and Tobago -- Religion
Description: "Valuable, well-presented study examines background, rites and ceremonies, and social organization of Orisha religion, 'arguably the most purely African cultural practice left on the island.' However, worshipers combine, in varying degrees, elements from five traditions - African, Catholic, Hindu, Protestant, and Kabbalah - to form an 'Afro-American religious complex.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.