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El Oráculo Del Diloggún Y El Despertar De La Fertilidad en La Regla De Ocha Cubana

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ID3136971
AuthorsAngélica María Rivera López (0000-0001-7056-9743, Universidade Federal de Goiás), Hans Carrillo Guach (0000-0002-5002-3601, Universidade Federal de Goiás)
Year2024
Issue55
Pages35-61
Publication date2024-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntípoda Revista de Antropología y Arqueología (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2011-4273 • E-ISSN: 1900-5407
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.7440/antipoda55.2024.02
OpenAlexW4394822626
LanguageES
References cited21

Religions are often acknowledged for their ability to provoke social, psychological, and physiological transformation, prompting recurrent studies in social and human sciences. Within this analytical domain, understanding ailments and methods of healing through various practices -rituals, cosmologies, and divinations- has been extensively explored. However, research on female reproductive ailments and corresponding intervention methods remains nascent in certain religious denominations, such as African-derived religions like the Regla de Ocha (Santería) in Cuba. The purpose of this article is to shed light on the healing of female reproductive ailments through the diloggún oracle utilized in the Regla de Ocha. Conducted between December 2022 and January 2023 in Santa Marta, Cárdenas, Cuba, our research adopts an ethnographic and narrative approach, placing reflexivity on our experiences at the forefront of our discussions. The research, from which our arguments derive, was conducted between December 2022 and January 2023 in Santa Marta, Cárdenas, Cuba. Methodologically, it adopts an ethnographic and narrative approach, placing reflexivity on our experiences at the forefront of our discussions. Consequently, it not only delineates the processes inherent in the practice of this oracle and its socio-spiritual impacts concerning potential realms of well-being but also advocates for conceptual and theoretical-methodological enhancements regarding healing. The article contributes to the evolving the incipient understanding of the connections between female fertility and healing within the Regla de Ocha and the intricate relationships among well-being, discomfort, and spirituality intrinsic to this religious system

Alternative medicine · Art · Ethnography · Ethnology · Humanities · Narrative · Reflexivity · Sociology · Spirituality · Aging, Health, and Disability · Anthropology · Gender, Health, and Social Inequality · Medicine · Religion and Society in Latin America

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