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1. Sacred leaves of Brazilian candomble.

Author

Voeks, Robert

Subjects
*CANDOMBLE (Religion), *HERBAL medicine, *SPIRITUAL healing, *RELIGION & culture
Abstract

Focuses on the use of plants for spiritual and medicinal purposes by the Candomble, an Afro-Brazilian cult in Bahia, Brazil. Religious leaders' retention of the elements of ethnoflora by importing Old World species; Biogeographical similarity between West Africa and Bahia, Brazil, facilitating diffusion of the African religion to the New World.

Published
1990
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