The jongo ritual and the mythical Afro-Brazilian imagery
The mythical imagery of the Afro-Brazilian ritual of jongo is analyzed. For the philosopher Eudoro de Souza, the religious ritual reverberates in the sensitivity and imagination of its protagonists, expressed in verse, gestures and sounds. Thus, jongo is investigated as a religious ritual, based on...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) |
| Repositório: | Revista Téssera (Uberlândia) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/63380 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/tessera/article/view/63380 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Jongo Afro-brasileiro Escravidão Cultura Popular Religião |
| Resumo: | The mythical imagery of the Afro-Brazilian ritual of jongo is analyzed. For the philosopher Eudoro de Souza, the religious ritual reverberates in the sensitivity and imagination of its protagonists, expressed in verse, gestures and sounds. Thus, jongo is investigated as a religious ritual, based on the ethnographic method of participant observation and the oral memory of “jongueiros”. It is concluded that the mythical imagery of jongo is composed of cult objects (bonfire, drums and rattles), ritual acts (“saravar a ngoma”, “ramming in the calunga”), magical gestures (dancing the “pemba”, planting and harvesting fruits), mythical images (armadillo, sunken earth and sea current) and spiritual characters (such as the “cumba” or “old jongueiro”). Such imagery establishes a channel of communication with ancestral spirits and the ritualization of a symbolic death, expressed in the condition of slavery and in the coming to Brazilian captivity. However, the ancestral presence allows for a ritual rebirth, with the return trip to the mythical Aruanda and the experience of prosperity in life in freedom. |
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