Orixá and Catholic saint
Eight questions to link each Orixá to the Catholic saint of syncretism, with an explanation for each pair.
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What is the syncretism between Orixás and saints?
In colonial Brazil, enslaved people were forbidden from worshipping the Orixás and forced into Catholicism. Many began to recognize each Orixá in a Catholic saint, and thus Iansã became Saint Barbara and Obaluaê became Saint Lazarus. This meeting is syncretism.
It varies from region to region. Ogum is Saint George in the Southeast and Saint Anthony in Bahia, and the same saint can appear linked to different Orixás. That is why the game warns the region when it changes the answer.
Want to see the dates when each saint and each Orixá are celebrated? See the Afro-Brazilian calendar, and then test your memory in the Orixás memory game.
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