Abstract
<p>The interest regarding to African cultural values has intensified in all countries of the African continent in the second half of the twentieth - early twenty-first century. The aim of the article is to analyze the traditional religious beliefs of Tropical Africa peoples. The interdisciplinary approach that allows us to consider social realities in the context of historical and cultural changes has become the leading one to the study of this problem. The article shows the role of religion in African society. They considered the system of traditional beliefs and cults, the main forms of religious beliefs, as well as the diversity of religious attributes and its use on the basis of materials from the museum collection of the Ethnographic Museum of the University. The materials of the article can be useful for ethnologists, anthropologists, museum staff and everyone who is interested in this topic.</p>
Highlights
IntroductionIn Africa, where religious beliefs permeate a person's entire life, religion is of particular importance
Religion plays an essential role in any culture
It is customary to understand religious beliefs, beliefs, cults and rituals of African peoples that have been formed over time under traditional African religions (Shpazhnikov, 1981)
Summary
In Africa, where religious beliefs permeate a person's entire life, religion is of particular importance. African religion combines sacred moments, beliefs and rituals, and morals, customs, social institutions (Traditional cultures of African peoples: past and present, 2000). Traditional cults and beliefs are the core of African cultures and in many ways they are the main principle of life for most Africans. This circumstance determines the relevance of the topic under study. It is customary to understand religious beliefs, beliefs, cults and rituals of African peoples that have been formed over time under traditional African religions (Shpazhnikov, 1981). There is no exact statistical data, it can be argued that their adherents were more than half of this vast region population, i.е. tens of millions of people
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