Influência da matriz africana na religiosidade da comunidade quilombola do Cedro de Mineiros-GO

Abstract

The present work, inscribed in the research line: Culture and Symbolic System, aims to understand and analyze the influence of African origin religions in the Cedro community Quilombola life way in Mineiros city, Goiás. Such analysis requires an immersion in the relationships between quilombola religiosity and identity / culture. The hypothesis of the work is based on the fact that Christianity, through the Catholic Church, historically regulated and was the guideline of the Brazilian social organization, and in the Goiás State, it referred at the same way, legitimizing and influencing culture, consolidating a perception among blacks that their rise would only occur through strategies to whiten their culture. On the other hand, the African heritage, even if restrained by the racist social structure, has historically been present in this people culture, and due to the recognition of the quilombola communities values by the Brazilian constitution, it strengthened and increased the number of people engaged in evidencing the legacy of their ancestors in the community. Furthermore, the growth of neo-Pentecostal religions has contributed to this production of meanings, by adding new ethos to the meaning of quilombola identity. Therefore, the proposal is to understand how these elements are manifested in the religiosity of the Cedro community quilombola. The research highlights the daily life of the community, the existing churches and religions and the relationship of the regulars with the Quilombo's activities, as well as their genesis and organization around the Quilombola territoriality. Looming the actions that take place through the Cedro community Quilombola association. The methodology used was the Ethnographic research, proposed by Geertz (1998), seeking an observation and dense description of the meanings attributed to religiosity