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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.8.2006.tde-03092007-134704
Document
Author
Full name
Eufrazia Cristina Menezes Santos
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2007
Supervisor
Committee
Silva, Vagner Goncalves da (President)
Dawsey, John Cowart
Moura, Carlos Eugênio Marcondes de
Pereira, Joao Baptista Borges
Santos, Jocélio Teles dos
Title in Portuguese
Religião e espetáculo: análise da dimensão espetacular das festas públicas do candomblé
Keywords in Portuguese
Candomblé
Espetáculo
Festa
Religião
Ritual
Abstract in Portuguese
Neste trabalho, situo a festa na estrutura ritual do candomblé, abordando preferencialmente a dimensão espetacular de sua liturgia. Privilegio, na descrição etnográfica, os elementos relacionados à construção do espetáculo religioso: a estética, o simbolismo das cores, a interatividade entre os atores rituais e o público, o aparato, a linguagem gestual, os aspectos dramáticos e lúdicos. Defendo que a dimensão espetacular das festas públicas do candomblé constituiu um dos principais fatores responsáveis pelo aumento da visibilidade social alcançada por essa religião no espaço público. Uma presença em parte justificada pelo poder de atração das linguagens expressivas que integram sua estrutura ritual. Um dos aspectos mais importantes da inserção social do candomblé foi a preservação da dimensão espetacular de sua ritualística, independente de todo sincretismo que esteve na base do seu processo de institucionalização. Esta religião não só conservou os elementos do espetáculo como os potencializou, tornando o caráter espetacular das cerimônias públicas um dos seus principais sinais diacríticos no universo religioso brasileiro. A presença de símbolos e práticas religiosas do candomblé em outros circuitos festivos, a exemplo do que acontece na Festa do Bonfim e na Festa de Iemanjá em Salvador, bem como o seu uso comercial e político por parte do Estado através dos seus órgãos de turismo, representam a contraface dessa inserção do candomblé no espaço público.
Title in English
Religion and spectacle: analysis of spectacular dimension of candomble public 'festas'
Keywords in English
'Festa'
Candomble
Religion
Ritual
Spectacle
Abstract in English
In this work I place the "festa" in the ritual structure of candomble, dealing preferably with the spectacular dimension of its liturgy. I privilege, in the ethnographic description, the elements related to the construction of the religious spectacle: the esthetics, the symbolism of colour, the interaction between ritual actors and the audience, the gestural language, the dramatic and the ludic aspects. I argue that the spectacular dimension of candomble public "festas" has been one of the major factors accountable for the rise in social visibility attained by this religion in the public sphere. This presence is partially due to the power of attraction exerted by the expressive languages that are part of its ritual structure. One of the main aspects of its social insertion was the preservation of the spectacular dimension of its ritual, independently of all the syncretism that has been in the basis of its institucionalization process. This religion not only has preserved spectacle elements but has actually strengthened them, making the spectacular character of the public ceremonies one of its main diacritic signs in the Brazilian religious universe. The presence of symbols and religious practices of candomble in other festive events, as is the case with the "Festa do Bonfim" and the "Festa de Iemanjá", in Salvador, as well as its commercial and political use by the State through its tourism offices, represent another facet of this insertion of candomble in the public sphere.
 
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2007-10-04
 
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