Mas to Mass: Mapping Convergences between Trinidad Carnival Performance and Black Catholic Liturgy
There are various religious experiences if religion is defined as a cultural set of beliefs and practices that people gather around. If part of this is the gathering of persons inspired to give focused attention, adoration, and commitment to a subject, Trinidad Carnival and its attending practices f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Ecclesial practices
Year: 2024, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-63 |
| Further subjects: | B
Carnival Theory
B Black Catholic Liturgy B Caribbean Studies B Trinidad Carnival B Black Catholicism B Black Catholic Studies |
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| Summary: | There are various religious experiences if religion is defined as a cultural set of beliefs and practices that people gather around. If part of this is the gathering of persons inspired to give focused attention, adoration, and commitment to a subject, Trinidad Carnival and its attending practices fit into the category of religious experience. I argue that Carnival shares the dynamism of Black Catholic embodied religiosity, particularly regarding its ability to enflesh freedom incarnationally by making a way for African-Caribbean people to embody their spirituality and make sense of their corporeal reality in an unjust world. I explore how Trinidad Carnival became a religious practice of liberation for me that clarifies the significance of the corporeal body of Black people, the unifying effect of music, the healing impact of ecstatic dance, and the connection to God that divine enjoyment of this nature enables. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-4471 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ecclesial practices
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22144417-bja10057 |