The conclusion directly focuses on how the book contributes to the metaculture of Arará formed not only by practitioners but also by scholars. The result is our continued contribution to, in particular, an Arará metaculture that bridges not only the scholarly community but also the communities in Dzodze and Adjodogou. While the narratives in West Africa appear more stable than Perico and Agramonte, there is still the complexity of Anlo-Ewe ritual traditions and the multiple interpretations of the various deities to confront and wrestle into discourse. The conclusion emphasizes how those layers act as discursive retellings of stories from those of enactment in West Africa to those of Arará stories in Cuba. The conclusion brings together the scholarship of Kristina Wirtz and Stephan Palmié to leave the reader with the call to continue responsible contributions to metaculture so that, as scholars and artists, we don’t just take knowledge with us; we also “do something with it.”
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