Obeah

Obeah ( Obi ) is a common to the West Indies name for practices and processes of life, which are assigned by nature religious ideas. The word " Obeah " probably comes from the Igbo (Nigeria ), and is primarily used to refer to folk magic traditions and rites, as well as generally to describe customary in the West Indian island of world religious practices of African origin.

Origin of Obeah

The contents and practices of Obeah beliefs were brought by the in the centuries of slavery in the colonies deported to the West Indies Black Africans and passed on to their offspring. The origin and tradition way of Obeah is thus that of other ideas of ostamerikanischen islands like voodoo, hoodoo or Palo identical.

Dissemination of Obeah

Thus, Obeah is in almost all Caribbean countries, as well as in some areas of central and northern South America spread. You can meet is the practice of Obeah, among others, in Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Belize, the Bahamas, St. Vincent and Barbados.

Variants of Obeah

Obeah exists in several forms, the most syncretic nature: Some mix African Customs and black African rites with Christian faith elements, other mix Obeah with Hindu elements.

Obeah men

As Obeah men religious adepts or leader of Obeahs be called.

• Religion ( Caribbean)
• Syncretic Religion