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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Autor principal: Capponi, Giovanna (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:por
Publicado em: 2020
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Texto completo:https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica2020.0i48.a42106
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/42106
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Resumo: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.