The contemporary Afro-American religion field in Rio Grande do Sul

This article analyzes the current Afro-religious field of Rio Grande do Sul, with emphasis on its religious expressions and the statistical data available. The analysis focuses on two points: a) the strong importance that “Linha Cruzada”, or Quimbanda, has acquired in that state during the last deca...

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Autor: Oro, Ari Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/13015
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/civitas/article/view/13015
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:“batuque”
“Linha Cruzada”
“Umbanda”
Rio Grande do Sul
batuque
Linha Cruzada
Umbanda
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Sumario:This article analyzes the current Afro-religious field of Rio Grande do Sul, with emphasis on its religious expressions and the statistical data available. The analysis focuses on two points: a) the strong importance that “Linha Cruzada”, or Quimbanda, has acquired in that state during the last decades, and its effects on the religious field; and b) the strong incidence one observes in that state of belonging to that religious field, fact which has been verified during the last two national censuses that show Rio Grande do Sul is the most Afro-religious state of Brazil.