2011
DOI: 10.5744/florida/9780813037363.001.0001
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Trance and Modernity in the Southern CaribbeanAfrican and Hindu Popular Religions in Trinidad and Tobago

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“…[such as] strong immigrant communities and institutions, dense ethnic networks and continued, transnational ties to the sending society" ( [40], p. 963). In St. Lucia we did not find forms similar to those observed by Keith McNeal [41], such as overt "Shango-Baptist interface" or the "Hinduizing" of Orisha praxis. 7 What we see instead in St. Lucia is more subtle, and more akin to Rocklin's description in Trinidad of the subaltern's contesting of colonial institutions of religion by "crossing reified religious lines" through "norm-bending practices" [42], an adaptation and negotiation of memory to shape and reconfigure current and future identity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
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“…[such as] strong immigrant communities and institutions, dense ethnic networks and continued, transnational ties to the sending society" ( [40], p. 963). In St. Lucia we did not find forms similar to those observed by Keith McNeal [41], such as overt "Shango-Baptist interface" or the "Hinduizing" of Orisha praxis. 7 What we see instead in St. Lucia is more subtle, and more akin to Rocklin's description in Trinidad of the subaltern's contesting of colonial institutions of religion by "crossing reified religious lines" through "norm-bending practices" [42], an adaptation and negotiation of memory to shape and reconfigure current and future identity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…Whereas among Indo-Trinidadians this "pollution ideology" is extended to describe other aspects of defilement, in St. Lucia, its conceptual meaning is neither recognized nor extended in this way. We believe this is largely because of: (a) St. Lucia's very small East Indian minority that has not managed to salvage this cultural norm; and (b) its geopolitical insularity from Caribbean societies with larger majorities of East Indians, since the pollution norm is observed by Indo-Caribbeans not just in Trinidad and Tobago but also in Guyana, Suriname and Jamaica [40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. In those places, intra-Caribbean movement of Hindu ritual specialists is a norm, whereas in St. Lucia the better survival strategy would have favored integration over maintaining a manifestly Hindu identity.…”
Section: (Emphasis Added)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…McNeal 2011. 38 Crosson 2014Khan 2004;McNeal 2011. ja trinidadilaiset olivat kuitenkin intialaista syntyperää: vuosien 1890-1939 välillä Trinidadissa obeahista syytetyistä kuusitoista prosenttia oli sanomalehtien mukaan intiantrinidadilaisia (coolies tai East Indians). 39 Muiden rituaaliasiantuntijoiden tapaan nämä intiantrinidadilaiset pa rantajat toimivat useimmiten urbaanissa ympäristössä, ja useimmat pidä-tykset tehtiin Port of Spainissa tai Etelä-Trinidadin pikkukaupungeissa.…”
Section: Parantaminen Ja Jaettu Body Politicunclassified
“…Over the next six years a series of public and behind‐the‐scenes conflicts would ultimately resolve in favor of Orisha, who “officially” joined the IRO in 2001 (Henry :86–89). This same time period saw a campaign for a national holiday (Lord Shango Day) that resulted, years later, in the 1996 passing of March 30 as Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day (Henry :65–74; McNeal :275; Scher :317). While directed at Spiritual Baptists, the overlapping membership with Orisha devotees (alongside public perception that conflates the two religions) effectively attempted to address two faiths with one day.…”
Section: The Spirits In the Lawmentioning
confidence: 99%