Based on the contents of the Bolsas de Mandinga, the notions of the Portuguese Inquisition Courts that deemed the mandinga bags as evil/ feiticaria (witchcraft) are misplaced and false due the inherent biases and racist ideologies of the Portuguese colonial powers.

Oct 16, 2020 · His magical specialty, however, was bolsas de mandinga, handcrafted pouches with mysterious contents that could bestow upon their wearers a variety of god-like abilities. According to Cécile Fromont, an award-winning professor of art history at Yale University, the bolsas “were objects of universally recognised and feared power”. In a ...

These pouches were predominantly worn by the African Portuguese diaspora in Brazil but various classes such as the noble elites within Portugal also sought the power of the mandinga. The use of the bolsa mandinga was prevalent in the Luso-Atlantic world due the strong influence of traditional African religions.

The Luso Brazilians incorporated the altar stones into the mandinga pouches because they believed the stone to contain immense power to bring about luck while also warding off evil. These adherents to traditional African religions also incorporated a prayer alongside the stone that ensured their protection from any evil.

A diplomatic bag, also known as a diplomatic pouch, is a container with certain legal protections used for carrying official correspondence or other items between a diplomatic mission and its home government or other diplomatic, consular, or otherwise official entity. [1]

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Given the importance of developing a diferent perspective about the knowledge of African protection amulets, this paper will discuss African heritage in the New World—emphasizing diferent parts of America and Africa—and protection amulets used by African population, commonly known as “mandingo bags”.

Apr 17, 2023 · Often considered visually benign by white Europeans, these amulet pouches, commonly known as “mandingas,” were used across Africa, Brazil, and Portugal and contained myriad objects, from herbs...

O termo mandinga remete ao nome de um grupo étnico do antigo reino do Mali, na África Ocidental, que possuía poderosos feiticeiros. Também chamados de malinquês, os mandingas se converteram ao islamismo no século XIII.

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