Bantu, also called Batuque or Angola, is one of the major sects (nations) of Candomblé

Candomblé

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, an African faith tradition practiced in Brazil

Brazil

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. It developed among slaves

Slavery

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 who spoke Bantu

Bantu languages

The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...

 (Kikongo and Kimbundo) languages.

Deities

The supreme God and Creator is Nzambi (Zambi) ou Nzambi Mpungu (Zambiapongo); below him are the Nkisi

Nkisi

Nkisi . The term Nkisi is the general name for a variety of objects used throughout the Congo Basin in Central Africa thought to contain spiritual powers or spirits...

s, the spirit-gods of Bantu mythology

Bantu mythology

The Bantu mythology is the system of myths and legends of the Bantu peoples of Africa. Although Bantu peoples account for several hundred different ethnic groups, there is a high degree of homogeneity in Bantu cultures and mythologies, just as in Bantu languages...

. These deities correspond to Olorun

Olorun

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 and the Orisha

Orisha

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s of Yoruba mythology

Yoruba mythology

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, and to Olorun

Olorun

Olòrún is the Yorùbá name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions , Who is either the sole entity in monotheism, or a single entity in polytheism...

 and the Orixá of Candomblé Ketu

Candomblé Ketu

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.

The main Nkisi

Nkisi

Nkisi . The term Nkisi is the general name for a variety of objects used throughout the Congo Basin in Central Africa thought to contain spiritual powers or spirits...

s are:

• Aluvaiá, Bombojira, Pambu Njila: intermediary between humans and the other Inkices (cf. Exu
  Eshu
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  ). In his female manifestation, it is called Vangira.
• Nkosi Mukumbe, Roxi Mukumbe: Inkice of war and roads.
• Kabila
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  , Mutalambô, Lambaranguange: hunter, lives in forests and mountains; god of plentiful food.
• Gongobira: young hunter and fisherman.
• Katendê: knows the secrets of medicinal herbs.
• Zaze, Loango
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  : delivers justice to humans.
• Kaviungo or Kavungo, Kafungê, Kingongo: god of health and death.
• Angorô (male form) and Angoroméa (female): assist the communication between humans and deities.
• Kitembo ou Inkice Tempo: god of weather and seasons.
• Matamba (f), Bamburussenda (f), Nunvurucemavula (f): warrior, commands the dead.
• Kisimbi, Inkice Samba: the great mother; goddess of fertility, of lakes and rivers.
• Kaitumbá, Mikaiá, Kokueto: goddess of the sea.
• Zumbarandá: the eldest of the gods, connected to death.
• Wunje: the youngest of the Inkice, represents the happiness of youth.
• Lembá Dilê, Lembarenganga, Jakatamba, Kassuté Lembá, Gangaiobanda: connected to the creation of the world.

External links

• Ritos de Angola (in Portuguese)