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369 index Abalhe, Sinhá (Maria Epifania dos Santos), 204, 324 (nn. 50, 52); death of, 140, 171–72, 179, 182; early life and characteristics of, 167–69, 330 (n. 27); initiation of, 139, 140, 145, 324 (n. 52); initiations led by, 169–70, 171, 190, 330–31 (n. 34); Maria Romana Moreira and, 172, 181; origins of name of, 167, 330 (n. 26); Roça de Cima terreiro and, 155, 166, 167, 171, 172; Seja Hundé terreiro and, 160, 165–72, 175, 177, 178, 179, 203, 330 (nn. 22, 24–25); Zé de Brechó and, 145, 155, 168, 330 (n. 27) Abeokuta, 16, 228, 305–6 (n. 84) Abomey: Dahomey kingdom and, 10, 17, 73, 74, 115–16; ethnic groups and, xii, 51; Nesuhue cult and, 19, 283, 286; sea and thunder voduns and, 217, 218, 219, 220, 341 (n. 34); snake/serpent voduns and, 236–37; vodun cults and, 74, 210, 211, 223, 231, 241, 284, 289 Abomey plateau, 9, 18, 157 Abou (ram), 109, 111, 276 Abreu, Pedro Vianna de, 149 Acaça cakes, 180, 261, 285, 293 A Cachoeira, 150 Acará (palm oil), 33, 117, 271, 272, 285, 293, 320 (n. 87) Accú candomblé, 91, 92, 93, 94, 98, 131, 315 (n. 12) A compra das iaôs (purchase of the iaôs), 262, 263 Acotundá dance, 81 Acucó (rooster), 109, 111, 271 Adahun (drum rhythm), 253, 346 (n. 30) Adalgisa de Parara, Dofona. See Pararasi Adandozan (king of Dahomey), 32, 74 Adarrum (drum rhythm), 253 Adjá (metal bell), 251 Adjaché (Adjasé) kingdom, 10, 12, 28, 29. See also Porto-Novo Adja people, xii, 15, 229, 306 (n. 92); Bogum terreiro and, 157; Jeje term and, 25, 27–29, 33, 306 (n. 88); Mahi people in Africa and, 16, 17; migrations of, 9, 10, 11–12, 13; Yoruba people, contrasted with, 13–14 Adja-Popo area, 230, 342 (n. 50) Adjunto (guardian spirit), 107 Afonja’s revolt, 32, 45 Africa, ethnic migrations in, 16–18, 28. See also ”Gbe-speaking area” of Africa; Mina Coast; West African towns and regions Africanization, 65, 122–23 Africano (da Costa África), José, 46 Afro-Brazilian Congress, Second, 165–66, 177, 202 Agaja (king of Dahomey), 13, 16, 27, 29, 30, 31, 39, 73, 74, 220 Agangá-Tôlú/Atolu (vodun), 241. See also Oxóssi Aganjú de Deus terreiro, 152 Agapito, Ogã Seu, 162 Agasu (vodun), 10, 241, 302 (n. 23), 347 (n. 41) Agasuvi people, 9–11, 132, 157, 259 Agbanankin, 218, 220 Agbé, 217, 218, 219, 221, 228 Agogô, 251, 252 Agolin nation, 18, 51 Agomé terreiro, 115–16 Agongolo (king of Dahomey), 32, 39, 74, 220 Agonli, 18, 19, 51, 228, 283, 284, 286, 344 (n. 87). See also Aziri/Azili: Tobosi ritual Agontè, 110, 116 Agorensi, Maria (Maria Luiza do Sacramento ), 170, 182, 191, 204, 324 (n. 50); Aguesi and, 192, 193; death of, 159–60, 370 index Akotoquem (vodun), 160, 161, 169, 224 Akron, 28, 29 Akwamu people, 5 Ala (white cloth), 257, 278, 288 Alaketo candomblé, 115, 205, 319 (n. 75) Aleijadinha candomblé, 152, 164 Aligbonon, 10, 302 (n. 23) Allada (city), 5, 7, 217, 306 (n. 92); slaves from, 12, 20, 21, 27, 38 Allada (kingdom), 9, 10, 20, 22, 29, 30, 38; founding of, 11; slave trade and, 26, 27; vodun cults and, 70, 73, 216, 241, 269 Allada (Arda) language, 14, 303 (n. 33) Almeida, Cecília Ovídia de, 162 Almeida Cardoso, Manoel de, 83 Altamira, Fazenda, 137 Altars, 81–83, 87, 92, 104, 107, 171; annual festival cycles and, 264, 271, 276, 277, 288; initiations and, 249, 258, 259. See also Animal sacrifices; Pejis; Ritual practices; Sacred trees Alujá (drum rhythm), 255 Alvares, José Joaquim, 57 Amado, Jorge, 183, 185 Amalá (ritual food), 109, 251 Amalá of Xangô (festival), 203 Amâncio de Melo, Ogã. See Melo, Amâncio Ângelo de Amaral, Braz do, 23 Amasi, 107, 278, 281 Amélia, Rita, 126 Amorim, Manoel Cirqueira de. See Portão, Nezinho do Amulets, 70, 78, 81, 90 Anacleto, Tio, 151, 233, 327 (n. 98) Anacleto do Capivari candomblé, 151, 152, 170, 233, 327 (n. 98) Anagô. See Nagô people of Africa Anagonu. See Nagô people of Africa Ancestor deities, 50, 158, 210, 237, 241, 259, 266, 268, 269, 278 Andrade, Maria José de Souza, 43, 46 Aného, 15, 27, 31, 32, 33, 40. See also Petit-Popo Anglo-Portuguese treaty of 1810, 40 164, 165, 166; initiation of, 139, 140, 159; initiations led by, 160–62, 171, 178...

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