Candomblé rituals and food practices in Italy and Brazil: an ethnographic comparison
This paper focuses on the relationship between food practices, preparation of Candomblé ritual offerings and performance of rituals in a transnational case study. My interest here is to consider two ethnographic accounts of Candomblé rituals in Italy and Brazil. I will analyze how Italian practition...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal Fluminense, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia
2020-04-01
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| Series: | Antropolítica : Revista Contemporânea de Antropologia |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.uff.br/antropolitica/article/view/42106 |
| Summary: | This paper focuses on the relationship between food practices, preparation of Candomblé ritual offerings and performance of rituals in a transnational case study. My interest here is to consider two ethnographic accounts of Candomblé rituals in Italy and Brazil. I will analyze how Italian practitioners perceive different aspects of the preparation of ritual offerings and what values are at stake in the cooking and consumption of food and food offerings. I will show how memory and the senses are essential to build a new idea of familiarity and to learn new skills within the ritual practice. |
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| ISSN: | 2179-7331 |