Folk religions of the Americas that blend African, Indigenous and European elements: the Kumina of Jamaica, the Winti of Suriname and the Mexican folk pantheon of saints and spirits. A pantheon belongs here when its cited article describes a creolised folk system with named gods or spirits in the Caribbean or Latin America. It excludes the pantheons of Africa itself and the formally organised Afro-Caribbean religions that have their own subcategory.
All Afro-Caribbean and Latin American Folk Pantheons
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Kumina (Wikipedia)
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Kumina is a religion that developed in Jamaica during the 19th century. It draws in large part on elements from Kongo religion that had been introduced to the island.
Winti (Wikipedia)
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Winti is an Afro-Surinamese traditional religion that originated in Suriname. It is a syncretization of the different African religious beliefs and practices brought in mainly by enslaved Akan, Fon and Kongo people during the Dutch slave trade.
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