Other names associated with various branches of this religion include mayombe, briyumba and kimbisa. Palo monte mayombe, by the cuban anthropologist, artist, and writer lydia cabrera. Scopri tutti i libri, leggi le informazioni sullautore e molto altro. Mayombe palo monte spagnolo copertina flessibile 31 dic 1986. Lydia cabrera cuban author and ethnologist britannica.
From childhood she was immersed into the magic realism of afrocuban reality through the nanas who took care of her and fed her with the folktales, religious stories, legends, and rhymes that filled her. This book covers the theory and practice of the pacts of fire and earth. The word palo stick in spanish was applied to the religion in the dominican republic. Ancient proverbs told by old cuban blacks and written down for posterity by lydia cabrera. Digital images from the lydia cabrera papers at the cuban heritage collection, university of miami libraries.
Libreria botanica santeria lucumi osha ifa yoruba congo. Degree in physics from the university of madrid, 19591964. Among the most powerful treatises of ifa, about one of the most powerful spiritual beings of the religion. Cabrera spent a lifetime documenting afrocuban folklore and religions. Palo monte project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Mayombe lydia cabrera ediciones universal coleccion. En lydia cabrera, afrocuban tales, university of nebraska press lincoln and london, 2004, isbn 0803215339. Lydia cabrera, cuban ethnologist and shortstory writer noted for both her collections of afrocuban folklore and her works of fiction. Lydia cabrera papers, 19101991 at the cuban heritage collection, university of miami libraries.
The word palo stick in spanish was applied to the religion in cuba due to the use of. Lydia cabrera is a legendary author on afrocuban religions. During her lifetime she published over one hundred books. Denominations often referred to as branches of palo include mayombe or mallombe, monte, briyumba or brillumba, and kimbisa. Palo monte mayombe, by the cuban anthropologist, artist, and writer lydia cabrera 18991991. Lydia cabrera was one of the 20th centurys leading writers on cuban folklore and an internationally known chronicler of afrocuban culture and religion. The daughter of cuban historian raimundo cabrera, lydia cabrera was told african folk legends by her nanny and. Cabrera, lydia 18991991 a native of havana, cuba, the writer, lydia cabrera, was born into an educated and socially prominent family. Lydia cabrera cubans in florida a project of cuban. She studied art and religion in paris, and in 1960, she left cuba to live in exile in the united states. Palo montemayombe by lydia cabrera 2001, paperback, revised at the best online prices at ebay. The wilderness, which was the first major ethnographic study of afrocuban traditions, herbalism and religion.
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