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[[Image:Pai Antonio de Obaluaye.JPG|right|thumb|200px| Pai-de-santo Antonio de Obaluaye in a [[Candomblé]] ceremony]] |
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A '''Pai-de-santo''' ('''Father of Saint''') is a male priest in the [[Afro-Brazilian]] religions. The name is given to priests in [[Umbanda]], Nación and [[Candomblé]], in all religions with [[African]] related origins. It's a Brazilian name that means Father of Saints, which is a translation into [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] from the [[Yoruba language]] title given to priest men "Babalorishá". This word means Babá = father, and the contraction L'Orishá = of [[Orisha]]. As a product of the syncretism the word Orishá (eleveted ancestral spirit) was translated into Portuguese as Saint. |
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A '''''pai-de-santo''''' or '''''pai de santo''''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈpaj dʒi ˈsɐ̃tu}}) is a male priest of [[Candomblé]], [[Umbanda]] and [[Quimbanda]], the [[Afro-Brazilian#Religion|Afro-Brazilian religions]]. In [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] those words translate as "father of [the] saint[s]", which is an adaption from the [[Yoruba language]] word ''babalorisha'', a title given to the African religion's priests. ''[[Baba (honorific)|Baba]]'' means "father", and the contraction ''l'orisha'' means "of [[orisha]]". As a product of the syncretism, the word ''orisha'' (elevated or ancestral spirit) was adapted into [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] as "[[saint]]".<ref>https://www.aulete.com.br/pai%20de%20santo</ref> |
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In the [[Afro-American religions|Afro-Brazilian religions]] the priests are the owners of the tradition, knowledge and culture and the ones responsible to pass it on to the new generations because there are no sacred written books.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} |
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Latest revision as of 13:35, 2 January 2025
A pai-de-santo or pai de santo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpaj dʒi ˈsɐ̃tu]) is a male priest of Candomblé, Umbanda and Quimbanda, the Afro-Brazilian religions. In Portuguese those words translate as "father of [the] saint[s]", which is an adaption from the Yoruba language word babalorisha, a title given to the African religion's priests. Baba means "father", and the contraction l'orisha means "of orisha". As a product of the syncretism, the word orisha (elevated or ancestral spirit) was adapted into Portuguese as "saint".[1]
In the Afro-Brazilian religions the priests are the owners of the tradition, knowledge and culture and the ones responsible to pass it on to the new generations because there are no sacred written books.[citation needed]
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