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De la célébration des ancêtres dans une maison de Candomblé de Bahia

Candomblé in Bahia is a possession cult organized into nationalities, thus representing plural genealogies, which are firmly attached on Brazilian soil with the combined help of African gods and indigenous Amerindian spirits. The description of an internal ritual celebrating ancestors in a house whe...

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Published in:Civilisations 2014 (63), p.63-79
Main Author: Tall, Emmanuelle Kadya
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Language:fre
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Summary:Candomblé in Bahia is a possession cult organized into nationalities, thus representing plural genealogies, which are firmly attached on Brazilian soil with the combined help of African gods and indigenous Amerindian spirits. The description of an internal ritual celebrating ancestors in a house where the leader of the cult is truly in tune with the age he lives in, will show how candomblé, often considered as an African legacy, is above all a Brazilian creation: Indeed, this possession cult corresponds on a ritual level with the myth of a racial brotherhood born during the abolitionist period (1850-1888), a myth which Gilberto Freyre reinforced in his writings. Le candomblé de Bahia est un culte de possession organisé en nations figurant ainsi des généalogies plurielles qui trouvent leur ancrage en terre brésilienne grâce à l'action conjuguée des dieux africains et des entités autochtones amérindiennes. La description d'un rituel interne dédié aux ancêtres chez un chef de culte bien enraciné dans son époque vient montrer combien ce culte de possession souvent considéré comme un héritage africain, est avant tout une création brésilienne répondant de manière rituelle au mythe de la fraternité raciale né durant la période abolitionniste (1850-1888), mythe auquel Gilberto Freyre donnera ses lettres de noblesse.
ISSN:2032-0442