**Candambly** ---- | {{:wiki:candambly.png?nolink&200|}} || ^ A //vèvè//, or occultic symbol, often seen in Candambly. ^^ ^ Classification | Syncretic | ^ Scripture | Various | ^ Theology | Syncretic between [[Folk Soterianity|folk Soterian]], [[Oredodo]], and other West Zanobian theologies | ^ Region | [[Antillia]], parts of [[Esmaria]] | **Candambly** is a [[Zano-diasporic syncretism|Zanobian diasporic religion]] practiced in the islands of [[Antillia]] and parts of [[Esmaria]]. It shares roots with its fellow diasporic faith [[Sintry]] in the invocation of deities from the [[Oredodo]] pantheon; however, the faith adapts tenets and deities from other West Zanobian pantheons. An example of this lies in the belief of the //lwas//, spirits upon the world who act on the behalf of the creator god. In order to communicate with these intercessors of the divine, ritual possession is invoked in a fashion to similar to that of the //orishas// in Sintry. Rituals are performed to help communicate with these spirits, usually in the form of sacrificed animals or offered fruits. {{tag>religion zano-diasporic_syncretisms candambly}}