A year in white
Subtitle: cultural newcomers to Lukumi and Santería in the United States
By: C. Lynn Carr
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780813571195
Subjects: Training of; Priests; Santeria; Priesthood
Description: "In the Afro-Cuban Lukumi religious tradition - more commonly known in the United States as Santería - entrants into the priesthood undergo an extraordinary fifty-three-week initiation period. During this time, these novices - called iyawo - endure a host of restrictions, including most notably wearing exclusively white clothing. In A Year in White, sociologist C. Lynn Carr, who underwent this initiation herself, opens a window on this remarkable year-long religious transformation."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Situating the iyawo; title: Iyawo experience; title: Iyawo rules; title: Iyawo social relations; title: Relating to the orisha; title: Two (or more) worlds; title: Interview and survey participants; title: Survey; title: Research methods.