In Cuba, the term nganga refers to a clay pot or iron cauldron that is kept in the homes of Palo diviners, called paleros. Similar to mojo bags in the United States, these banganga contained items from important places in nature and spiritual items, such as forest dirt, volcanic ash, and the hair, ashes or bones of an ancestor.

2010年10月26日 · Dr. Arthur C Lehman has extensively researched the ngangas, who are traditional healers, acting as the source for Aka Pygmy hunters and their horticultural neighbors, the Ngando of Central African Republic.

Nganga rituals are traditional spiritual practices that are integral to the religious and cultural life of the Kongo people, often involving a nganga, or healer, who acts as a mediator between the spiritual and physical worlds.

La ganga o prenda como también es llamada no es más que la representación material que emplea el consagrado en la regla conga para efectuar sus invocaciones y hechicerías. Este requiere de la presencia de un muerto, el cual es el encargado de efectuar las encomiendas y sobre las cuales debe brindar aprobación, pues solo así serán efectivas.

The Nganga being a man of God must know and embody Bwiti, meaning he lives without the need to control. He relinquishes to the divine connection to God entirely. He does not live outside of the self in material image.

A nganga is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries ...

2019年8月21日 · By describing and analyzing the operations that lead to the making of a nganga, this paper reveals some of the logics governing Palo Monte practice and shows how paleros give life and shape to a...