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Page 339
... Brazil , for exam- ple , Macumba , Candomblé , and other Afro - Brazilian cults have roots sunk deep into the religions of African slaves transplanted to the New World . Afro - Brazilian rites often centre on possession by a ...
... Brazil , for exam- ple , Macumba , Candomblé , and other Afro - Brazilian cults have roots sunk deep into the religions of African slaves transplanted to the New World . Afro - Brazilian rites often centre on possession by a ...
Page 366
... Brazil : Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations ( 1978 ; originally published in French , 1960 ) , especially pp . 260-84 on Afro - Brazilian Chris- tianity ; and MARC DE CIVRIEUX , Watunna : An Orinoco Creation ...
... Brazil : Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations ( 1978 ; originally published in French , 1960 ) , especially pp . 260-84 on Afro - Brazilian Chris- tianity ; and MARC DE CIVRIEUX , Watunna : An Orinoco Creation ...
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... Brazil and Argentina beneath the Andes at a rate of a few millimetres per year . The southern part of the Andes in ... Brazilian shield has been underthrust beneath the Cordillera Oriental , which comprises the western edge of a wide ...
... Brazil and Argentina beneath the Andes at a rate of a few millimetres per year . The southern part of the Andes in ... Brazilian shield has been underthrust beneath the Cordillera Oriental , which comprises the western edge of a wide ...
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