Kélé (St. Lucia)
Kélé is a local religion in St. Lucia in the Caribbean region of Babonneau . The origins lie with the Afro-Saint Lucians , former slaves from the Djiné people who were imported from the region of what is now Nigeria . It is believed that it is a local expression of the Yoruba religion because there is a strong relationship with the Ogun festival in Nigeria. The main deities are Ogún , Shango and Eshu . Kélé ceremonies are characterized by drumming on tanbou manman ( mother drum ) and tanbou ich ( child drum ) from the group of Batá drums . In addition, polished stones are used in the rituals (as an object of the worship of Shango), as well as iron or steel objects in the worship of Ogun.
history
The African slaves in the Babonneau region practiced the religion of their motherland, although the rites were ostracized by the Catholic Church . Until the 1960s, rituals were only performed in secret.
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph E. Holloway: Africanisms in American Culture . Indiana University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-253-21749-0 , pp. 254-.
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=uspTNzJ_NoYC&pg=PA381&lpg=PA381&dq=st+lucia+kele&source=bl&ots=tPoEjsH0Nc&sig=-Zu4nPy9eZGO8ohv4Gpcb-7Uu6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBpeqa08_JAhWOoYMKHfucDZUQ6AEILjAD#v=onepage&q=st%20lucia% 20kele & f = false
literature
- Guilbault, Jocelyne: Saint Lucia . In: Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume Two: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean . Routledge, 1999, ISBN 0-8153-1865-0 .