She is the goddess of water and fertility and is also known as the virgin of regla, the patroness of havana harbor. Mayombe or mayumbe is a geographic area on the western coast of africa occupied by low mountains extending from the mouth of the congo river in the south to the kouilouniari river to the north. Palo congo is the first album by conguero sabu martinez, featuring arsenio rodriguez and his brothers raul and kike. Buy the aje spirits, the secrets of congo initiations, palo mayombe palo monte kimbisa by carlos montenegro paperback online at lulu. Reglas congas refers to congoidentified religions of cuba. Palo mayombe orginated from the african congo and is said to be the worlds most powerful and feared form of black magic. Many cuban practitioners of the religion known as palo. In santeria religion there exists a dark side called palo mayombe. Lauren yoder is james sprunt professor of french at davidson college. Esto sucede especialmente en relacion con las reglas mayombe y vriyumba.
Palo mayombe is an african diasporic religion that originated in the congo region of africa. The area includes parts of the democratic republic of the congo, angola cabinda province, the republic of the congo and gabon. Palo monte is a congoinspired religion, but it emerged and developed in cuba. Palo monte mayombe, by the cuban anthropologist, artist, and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Monte mayombe colloqui ally, palo monte or palo or. Individuals who practice this dark aspect are called palero.