Symbolic territorialities in a terreiro de candomblé: the morphology of a sacred space

This work highlights the symbolic territorialities of a ‘terreiro de candomblé’ with fluid spatial dimensions, located in the city of Cajazeiras, Paraíba. The experiences are based on the ethnographic field research conducted between January and April. We outline the morphology of the sacred space r...

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Main Authors: Maglandyo da Silva Santos, Otávio José Lemos Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa 2022-02-01
Series:Terr@ Plural
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Online Access:https://revistas2.uepg.br/index.php/tp/article/view/17265
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Summary:This work highlights the symbolic territorialities of a ‘terreiro de candomblé’ with fluid spatial dimensions, located in the city of Cajazeiras, Paraíba. The experiences are based on the ethnographic field research conducted between January and April. We outline the morphology of the sacred space represented by geosymbols and their meanings, which refer to the mythology of the African òrìṣà, rescued in the ‘terreiro’. We also describe, from the perspective of Costa’s micro-territoriality (2017), geosymbols outside the ‘terreiro’, eventually accessed by ritual occasion, revealing a symbolic extension of the territory that transgresses previously constructed determinations and constructs new identity spaces.
ISSN:1982-095X