In 1965, Gus Dinizulu, an African American percussionist, traveled to Ghana with the dance company he was leading. There, took trip as opportunity explore his roots and met Nana Oparebea, Ghanaian chief-priestess of Akonedi Shrine, north Accra. She performed for Dinizulu a divination, during which she explained that enslaved ancestors were part akan people gave him mission search other American...

The Datuk Gong worship in Malaysia is a fusion of Malay keramat and Chinese Tudi Shen, hence easy to be labelled ‘syncretism’. Nevertheless, the rich dynamism syncretism as process still underexplored. Through combination historical documentary method anthropological multi-sited field work, this article examines three stages syncretic worship: amity, encompassment synthesis, well diverse strate...

In the Tang era, official sacrifices to mountain and water spirits became more methodical than those of preceding dynasties. What deserves attention is that imperial court bestowed noble titles, which were normally awarded aristocrats powerful officials, on twenty-eight spirits, including Five Sacred Peaks, Four Strongholds, Seas Waterways. These practices reflected two-sided attitude rulers sp...

This article inquires into the effects of heritagisation on popular religious practices in Guangdong Province, People’s Republic China. With establishment intangible cultural heritage (ICH) inventory system China, numerous practices, such as procession local deities, ancestor worship, temple festivals, exorcisms, divination, and spirit mediumship, are free stigma “feudal superstition” now recog...

Cutting grain is a remarkable Ramesside ritual in the Theban temples during New Kingdom. Five scenes are found depicting king as harvester cutting before deities of fertility Kingdom Thebes. The was rarely represented and it performed only reigns Kings Ramesses II III. After reign King III, this no more attested temples. However, regained its importance once Ptolemaic Period. Grain crops were s...

The contemporary retranslation and circulation of Lucumí songs for the orishas (deities) among devotees scholars in Cuba inadvertently reproduces both sources methods Ortiz’s earliest linguistic ventures reinforces his enduring influence on popular understandings Santería’s utterances. This article draws research 2018 partnership with a Nigerian priestess, which revealed processes, aspirations,...

Festivals in honor of mountain deities were revived across the Tibetan plateau 1980s, some years after end Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) People's Republic China. This article, primarily analyzes development one festival Amdo, Qinghai, focusing on decades from its revival until today. During deity festivals, men multiple villages, a range religious specialists, and representatives local author...