Author:

Rush, Dana 1966-  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this

Subject:

Vodun (Cult).)  Search this

Bomba meu Boi (Festival)  Search this

Type:

Articles

Place:

Africa, West

Date:

1999

Notes:

Essay on Hindu imagery in Vodun art and its permutations, adaptations and migrations through West Africa (especially Bénin, Togo, and Ghana), Haiti and elsewhere. Examines chromolithographs depicting Hindu deities (e.g., Hanuman, Shiva) and their West African counterparts, especially Mami Wata. Includes description of the Bouriyan (Bomba meu Boi) masquerade festival in Ouidah, Bénin, deriving from Afro-Brazilian tradition. Based on field research in Bénin.

Illustrations.

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Topic:

Hindu gods in art  Search this

Siva (Hindu deity) in art  Search this

Hanumān (Hindu deity) in art  Search this

Mami Wata (African deity)--Art  Search this

Art, African--Hindu influences  Search this

Hindu chromolithographs  Search this

Call number:

N1 .A258

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_669969