From uterus to body composition: the performance of the initiation ritual as maintenance of the memory of Candomblé de Angola in Abassá de Jagulenã-RJ
From uterus to body composition: the performance of the initiation ritual as maintenance of the memory of Candomblé de Angola in Abassá de Jagulenã-RJ
The present study aims to analyze the performative acts inscribed in the neophyte's body during the initiation ritual as a means of maintaining and transmitting the memory of Candomblé de Angola practiced in Abassá de Jagulenã, having as a premise the elements and perspectives that formed the cosmovision of this religious manifestation of Central African origin in Brazil, as a set of knowledge and signs that confer a character of spectacularity. The research develops from the analysis of a subjective experience dialoguing with the space of the terreiro and the academic arena, finding in the cosmovision of Candomblé de Angola a source of knowledge that shares both with the Performing Arts and with other areas of knowledge. This research process is developed having as a starting point, the researcher's terreiro experiences within the religiosities of African matrices and as a member of the Abassá de Jagulenã community, locus of provocation of her questions regarding the bodily changes suffered during the initiation process.