Toward an ethnohistory of Haitian pilgrimage
Toward an ethnohistory of Haitian pilgrimage. Combining historiography and ethnography, this article illustrates the various ethno-religious streams that have fertilized Haiti’s thriving pilgrimage traditions. With particular focus on the cults and feasts of St. James the Greater/Ogou Feray in La-Pl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2005-01-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/2889 |
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| Summary: | Toward an ethnohistory of Haitian pilgrimage. Combining historiography and ethnography, this article illustrates the various ethno-religious streams that have fertilized Haiti’s thriving pilgrimage traditions. With particular focus on the cults and feasts of St. James the Greater/Ogou Feray in La-Plaine-du-Nord and of St. Philomena/Lasyrenn in Bord-de-Mer-de-Limonade, and with a careful consideration of Kongolese religious culture (both Catholic and traditional), a convincing case is made here that pilgrimage in Haiti owes much more to Central African traditions than is generally acknowledged by scholars of Vodou, who over-emphasize the religion’s West African roots. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |