The Observance of All Souls' Day in the Guinea-Bissau Region: A Christian Holy Day, An African Harvest Festival, an African New Year's Celebration, or All of the Above(?)

“[A] desecration of our religion.” On the eve of All Saints' Day on November 1, 1898, a Portuguese army officer, Henrique Augusto Dias de Carvalho, observed a colorful and noisy crowd of people wending through the streets of Bolama beginning the celebration of dia dos finados (All Souls' D...

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Veröffentlicht in:	History in Africa 1984, Vol.11, p.1-34
1. Verfasser:	Brooks, George E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Christianity African culture Celebrations Christian missionaries Christianity Communities Crop harvesting Priests Rice Soul
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