Sweli

Le sweli est un concept bushinengue qui désigne quelque chose de très puissant et sacré. C'est à la fois un pacte dont on ne peut se dédire sans encourir une sanction extrême par les divinités et les ancêtres, ou l'obeah (au sens d'esprit/force spirituelle) le plus puissant[1].

Références

Bibliographie

  • (en) Kenneth Bilby, « Swearing by the Past, Swearing to the Future: Sacred Oaths, Alliances, and Treaties among the Guianese and Jamaican Maroons » [« Jurer sur le passé, jurer pour l'avenir: les serments sacrés, les alliances, et les traités chez les Marrons des Guyanes et de Jamaïque »], Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no 4,‎ , p. 655–689 (ISSN 0014-1801, DOI 10.2307/482884, lire en ligne)

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