Candomblé Ketu and religious syncretism in Brazil: prospects on Òṣàlá's representations in diaspora
The figure of Òṣàlá or Oxalá is very present in Brazilian religious culture, mainly because of religious syncretism. The organic way in which African religions developed in Brazil has established today a complex but unfortunately folklorized picture, often reduced to simplicity, the result of stigma...
| Autores: | , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Memorandum (Belo Horizonte) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/16346 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/16346 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Candomblé Cultos afro-brasileiros Religião yoruba Umbanda Afro-Brazilian cults Yoruba religion |
| Resumo: | The figure of Òṣàlá or Oxalá is very present in Brazilian religious culture, mainly because of religious syncretism. The organic way in which African religions developed in Brazil has established today a complex but unfortunately folklorized picture, often reduced to simplicity, the result of stigmas and a racist trajectory in essence. Candomblé and Umbanda are present in the life of Brazilians, as well as in their cults. Even for those uninitiated, Òṣàlá is in the social imagination of society precisely because of its popularity. It is in order to synthesize these many ideas that this essay is devoted to organizing the existing perceptions of Òṣàlá and Oxalá, tracing them from the perspective of the Ketu Nation Candomblé and Umbanda. Going through historical problems, rites of worship, racial issues and epistemological and etymological reflections, we present a reflexive and critical material about the presence of Òṣàlá in Brazilian ground. |
|---|