As duppies are capable of doing both good and evil, many rituals on the island arose as a way to appease these spirits. Obeah is a belief system that is officially outlawed, although nowadays it's rare for anyone to be convicted for adhering to the practices. Obeah men are still very popular in rural areas but are viewed in many urban communities nowadays as immoral. The fact that some obeah men take money for their services means they are sometimes accused of preying on the vulnerable by profiting from their superstitious beliefs and poverty.
For these people, obeah is a healing practice that is deeply spiritual and keeps them safe from harm. Kumina is a Jamaican religious ceremony involving music, dance, and spirit possession, and is a way of celebrating and appeasing ancestors.
It is perhaps the tradition most closely rooted in African cultures — the Kumina religious group came originally from the Congo. Kumina combines Jamaican dances, traditional songs, and rhythmic drumming — it's very musical in nature and spectacular to watch.
With its specific dance moves, lively music and colourful dress it is considered by many as a true art form. Why is Kumina performed? For a variety of reasons. They function like an independent nation within Jamaica with their own constitution.
Their lifestyle closely emulates those of the Old Testament Jewish Mosaic Law, which includes the observation of the Sabbath from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday, hygiene laws, and special greetings among themselves. Members of the Nyahbinghi sect focus mainly on Emperor Haile Selassie and they proclaim that he is the incarnation of the Supreme deity. They push for their repatriation to Ethiopia, from where they believe all black people came.
Ethiopia plays a major role in this sect. The Twelve Tribes was founded in by Dr. Vernon 'Prophet Gad ' Carrington and is the most liberal of the Rastafarian orders.
Members are allowed to worship in a church of their choosing or within the privacy of their house. They consider themselves the direct descendants of the 12 Sons of David. Balm practitioners are shamanic in that they use spiritual means to diagnose and treat illnesses, but they also use herbs "bush" , candles, prayers, and tonics.
Healing by the laying on of hands is very common in Pentecostal churches. Death and Afterlife. Funerals are important events in Jamaica, and ghosts of the deceased are widely feared.
The slaves believed in a good soul that went to Africa after death and a bad one that lingered as a duppy, particularly around cotton trees. A festive wake was held to pacify the deceased and render the ghost harmless, and this "set-up" or "Nine-Night" is still practiced in rural areas. Toggle navigation. User Contributions: 1. Are you able to tell me the authors name and date of publication for this information, so that I may cite it for my research.
Jamaicans also practise Buddhism on the island with some locals identifying themselves as Buddhist. West African Moors sold to the slave trade came to the island taking along with them their Islam faith.
Today, roughly 5, Jamaicans identify with the Islamic faith. There are eleven mosques across the island in Kingston, and Spanish Town, as well as in the smaller towns of Albany and Port Maria in St. Mary, Newell in St. Meetings are held there every 2 months for Muslims across the country.
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