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A propósito dos 500 anos do Brasil: saudações a Oxalá e ao Senhor do Bonfim no sertão de Minas Gerais

2003; Volume: 11; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v11i11p69-85

2316-9133

Rubens Alves da Silva,

Urban and sociocultural dynamics

This paper presents a brief description of the “washing ritual” of the Senhor do Bonfim Church, which took place in the city of Montes Claros, northern Minas Gerais, for the first time. City and regional urnbanda and candomblé groups participated in the comrnemorations of the 500*‘ anniversary of Brazil’s discovery. This event is discussed in questioning the expansion and social “legitimacy” of Afro-Brazilian Religions in the backlands of the “Gerais”