Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba

Illustrations

viii Maps Map 1. Cuba within the Caribbean 4–5 Map 2. Cuba political map with Oriente provinces 23 Map 3. Slave trade era map of West and Central West Africa, including eight principal trade regions and ports of embarkation 26 Map 4. Nineteenth-century Oriente palenque sites 30 Map 5. Proximity of Oriente to Jamaica and Haiti 31 Map 6. Los Hoyos neighborhood in city of Santiago de Cuba 65 Plates follow page 18 figure 1. Drummers in Santiago de Cuba figure 2. Public sacred space visible for community view figure 3. Moncada nganga of Los Hoyos figure 4. espiritismo space, bayamo figure 5. Artistic sidewalk ceramic tile by Wilfredo Lam figure 6. Cosmogram of Palo Monte/Palo Mayombe in Oriente figure 7. Palero in ritual gestures to his nganga figure 8. Closeup of part of a nganga figure 9. Image of Native American Indian figure 10. Tabletop portion of a Las Tunas Vodú community figure 11. Sacred space of Santiago Vodú community figure 12. Hunfo festival del Caribe figure 13. Vevé-like image showing Haitian and Cuban flags figure 14. Portion of an espiritismo Cruzado sacred space figure 15. babalú Ayé in a sacred space of el Cobre figure 16. Cordon ritual of espiritismo de Cordon figure 17. Cazuela of Santiago de Cuba figure 18. Part of a Muertéra bembé de Sao space Illustrations  ...