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{{Short description|Branch of Candomblé religion}}
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'''Candomblé Bantu''' (also called '''Candomblé Batuque''' or '''Angola''') is one of the major branches (''nations'') of the [[Candomblé]] religious belief system in [[Brazil]]. It developed in the [[Portuguese Empire]] among [[Kongo people|Kongo]] and [[Ambundu|Mbundu]] slaves who spoke [[Kikongo language|Kikongo]] and [[Kimbundu language|Kimbundu]] languages. The supreme and creative god is [[Nzambi Ampungu|Nzambi]] (also called Nzambi Ampungu and Nzambi Mpungu). Below him are the Jinkisi or Minkisi, deities of Bantu mythology. These deities operate in the same manner as [[Olorun]] and the other [[orisha]]s of the [[Yoruba religion]]. Minkisi is a Kongo language term: it is the plural of [[Nkisi]], meaning "receptacle". Akixi comes from the [[Kimbundu language]] term Mukixi.<ref name="Giroto1999"/>

== Etymology ==

The word "Bantu" means "people"; it is a combination of ''ba'', a plural noun marker and ''-ntu'', meaning "person". "Banto" was a generic term used by the Portuguese in Brazil to describe people who spoke [[Bantu languages]].<ref name="merriam"/>

==Pantheon==

*[[Nzambi]] is the "sovereign master"; he created the earth, then withdrew from the world. Nzambi Mpungu remains responsible for rainfall and health.<ref name="enc"/>
*[[Aluvaiá]] (also Bombo Njila, Pambu Njila, Nzila, Mujilo, Mavambo, Vangira, Njila, Maviletango) is an intermediary between human beings and other Nkisi; he is additionally the protector of the houses.
*[[Nkosi Mukumbe]] (also Hoji Mukumbi, Panzu, Xauê) is the Nkisi of roads, agriculture, and iron. He is associated with [[Ogun]] in Yoruba religion.
*[[Mutalambô]] 
*[[Gongobira]]
*[[Katendê]] 
*[[Loango (god)|Loango]]
*[[Kaviungo]] 
*[[Angorô]] and [[Angoroméa]]
*[[Kitembo]] 
*[[Matamba (nkisi)|Matamba]]
*[[Kisimbi]] 
*[[Kaitumbá]]
*[[Zumbarandá]]
*[[Wunje]]
*[[Lembá Dilê]]

==See also==
* [[Candomblé Jejé]]
* [[Candomblé Ketu]]
* [[Kongo religion]]

==References==

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<ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Asante |editor-first=Molefi Kete |editor2-last=Mazama |editor2-first=Ama |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of African Religion |volume=1 |title=Creation and Cosmology |year=2009 |publisher=Sage |isbn=9781412936361 }}</ref>

<ref name="Giroto1999">{{cite book|last1=Giroto|first1=Ismael|title=O Universo Mágico-Religioso Negro-Africano e Afro-Brasileiro: Bantu e Nàgó|publisher=Departamento de Antropologia da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letra e Ciencias Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo|year=1999|doi=10.11606/T.8.1999.tde-20062011-140307}}</ref>

<ref name="merriam">{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary |title=Bantu |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bantu |year=2018 |access-date=2018-04-25 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.ritosdeangola.com.br/ Ritos de Angola] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040520232145/http://www.ritosdeangola.com.br/ |date=2004-05-20 }} {{in lang|pt}}

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