THE BIRTHDAY OF EXU KING OF THE SEVEN CROSSROADS AND THE OX’S KNIVES : AFRICAN-GAÚCHAS CELEBRATIONS
This article deals with two celebrations that took place on August 13th of 2022 in Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil) in the context of the african-gaúcha Quimbanda, a mediunic religion based on the possession by spirits called exus and pombagiras. The first, a “birthday” party for the Exu King of the Seven...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GO) |
| Repositorio: | Caminhos (Goiânia. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.seer.pucgoias.edu.br:article/13179 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.pucgoias.edu.br/index.php/caminhos/article/view/13179 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Quimbanda Religiões afro-gaúchas Exu Facas de boi Ox knives African-gaúchas Religions |
| Sumario: | This article deals with two celebrations that took place on August 13th of 2022 in Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil) in the context of the african-gaúcha Quimbanda, a mediunic religion based on the possession by spirits called exus and pombagiras. The first, a “birthday” party for the Exu King of the Seven Crossroads, a celebration to exalt the long time since this exu has been “working”. The other, the distribution of consecrated knives that allow their owners to sacrifice oxen, an important and desired axé in this religion. Both celebrations took place on the same day, overlapping, forming a complex event disputed by supporters, blurring the boundaries between the sacred and the profane, and demonstrating the close relationship that Mãe Ieda built with the entity during the long years of her religious life |
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