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Candomblé in Brazil
Presented by: Ruby Garmon, Madelyn Haulotte, Callie Pierce, and Anna Sturgill
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Candomblé in Brazil
- Similar to Haitian Vodou
- Allows women independence
- Matriarchal structures
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Candombl in Brazil Presented by: Ruby Garmon, Madelyn Haulotte, 1. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Candombl in Brazil Presented by: Ruby Garmon, Madelyn Haulotte, 1. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Candombl in Brazil Presented by: Ruby Garmon, Madelyn Haulotte, 1. Callie Pierce, and Anna Sturgill Candombl in Brazil Similar to Haitian Vodou Allows women independence Matriarchal structures 1. 2. What is Candombl?
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What is Candomblé?
- Oludumaré (Olorun)
- Orixas
- Macumba
- “Dance in honor of the gods”
- Divination
- Pai-de-santo/Mãe-de-santo
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Historical Context
- Ethnic Groups
- Portuguese Colonization
- Women Practitioners
- Repression through laws and police force
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Similarities to Haitian Vodou
Practice of the religion:
- Slavery
- Orixas
- Initiation
- Festa / spiritual possession
- Dance
- Consulations
External Interpretations:
- Police repression in the 1920’s
and 1930’s
- Brazil’s national image - racial
democracy, free of racism
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Differences from Haitian Vodou
- Portuguese colonization / French colonization
- Geographic landscape
- Multicultural society
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Evidence of Matriarchal Structures
Marcelina da Silva
- Casa Branca
- Social mobility
- Wealth and power
Mama Lola
- Four generations of Priestesses
- Social mobility
- Wealth through religious practice
“...by tradition, women were uniquely suited to serve the African gods” (Matory 2005: 190) “...a decision to serve the spirits becomes a decision to stop serving men” (McCarthy Brown 2001: 167)
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Conclusion
- Historical Context
- Relations to Haitian Vodou
- Matriarchal Structures
- Means of Independence
- Feminist Theory
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Works Cited
Boyce, D. C. 2008. Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. Retrieved Nov. 19, 2017. Castillo, Lisa Earl and Luis Nicolau Pares. March 2010. “Marcelina da Silva: A Nineteenth-Century Candomblé Priestess in Bahia.”
- vol. 31, no. 1. 1-27. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
Garcia-Navarro, Lulu. 2013. NPR. “Brazilian Believers Of Hidden Religion Step Out Of Shadows.” Retrieved Nov. 19, 2017 (https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/09/16/216890587/brazilian-believers-of-hidden-religion-step-out-of-shadows). Matory, J. Lorand. 2005. Black Atlantic Religion: Tradition, Transnationalism, and matriarchy in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé. Princeton: Princeton University Press. McCarthy Brown, Karen. 1991. Mama Lola. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. Johnson, P. 2002. Secrets, Gossip, and Gods: The Transformation of Brazilian Candomblé. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Parés, L., & Vernon, R. 2013. In The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Selka, S. August 2007. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. Mediated Authenticity: Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in Brazilian Candomblé,11(1), 5-30. Retrieved Nov. 19, 2017. Voeks, Robert A. 1997. Sacred Leaves of Candomblé. Austin: University of Texas Press.
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Image Citations
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Sochor, Jan. 2012. “Yemanjá: Candomblé cult in Bahia.” Retrieved Nov. 7, 2017 (https://www.jansochor.com/photo-blog/yemanja-candomble-cult-bahia-brazil).
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Santos, Giselle. 2015. “Candomble: The African-Brazilian Dance in Honor of the Gods.” Retrieved Nov. 14, 2017 (http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/candomble-african-brazilian-dance-honor-gods-004596).
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Voeks, Robert A. 1997. Sacred Leaves of Candomblé. Austin: University of Texas Press.
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Santos, Giselle. 2015. “Candomble: The African-Brazilian Dance in Honor of the Gods.” Retrieved Nov. 14, 2017 (http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/candomble-african-brazilian-dance-honor-gods-004596).
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Garcia-Navarro, Lulu. 2013. NPR. “Brazilian Believers Of Hidden Religion Step Out Of Shadows.” Retrieved Nov. 19, 2017 (https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/09/16/216890587/brazilian-believers-of-hidden-religion-step-out-of-shadows).
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Parés, L., & Vernon, R. 2013. In The Formation of Candomblé: Vodun History and Ritual in Brazil. Chapel Hill: University
- f North Carolina Press.
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Voeks, Robert A. 1997. Sacred Leaves of Candomblé. Austin: University of Texas Press.