Quimbanda
Sign in to savethumb|right|Statue of an exú, one of the spirits that are central to Quimbanda Quimbanda, also spelled Kimbanda (), is an Afro-Brazilian religion practiced primarily in the urban city centers of Brazil.
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Definitions
- Relationship with Umbanda
- Beliefs
- Exus
- Pomba Giras
- Ogum
- Practices
- Rituals
- Marginal locations
- History
- From Africa to Brazil
- Catholic influence
- From Macumba to Quimbanda and Umbanda
- Contemporary
- Reception and influence
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Statue of an exú, one of the spirits that are central to Quimbanda Quimbanda, also spelled Kimbanda (), is an Afro-Brazilian religion practiced primarily in the urban city centers of Brazil.
Quimbanda focuses on male spirits called exús as well as their female counterparts, pomba giras. Pomba giras are often regarded as the spirits of deceased women who worked as prostitutes or in other positions traditionally considered immoral in Catholic Brazilian society. Quimbanda's practices are often focused on worldly success regarding money and sex.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quimbanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.