Ilẹ̀ Mímọ́: um estudo do processo de tombamento do terreiro da Casa Branca e análise antropológica sobre territorialidade sagrada

Abstract

This research expatiates about the documental study of the Terreiro da Casa Branca’s recognition as national patrimony, in which I attempt to explore the methods of protection and preservation of the historical territoriality of the Ilê Axé Nassô Oká, in face of threat of losing its sacred territory and identity. I identify the use of mobilized categories by the Terreiro community to revindicate the protection of their territory. The goal in this research is to present, inside the anthropological scope, the lifestyles built by the Terreiro da Casa Branca, revealed during its territory’s defense movement and registered in its Recognition Process. The ecology of the Engenho Velho Axé, is understood a way to delimit the sacredness of its territoriality. The methodology is ethnographic, and utilizes historiography, with fieldwork conducted in the Terreiro da Casa Branca’s Recognition Case, register(e)d in the 1.067-T-82/ IPHAN process. The research was conducted using documentation analysis using bibliographies from the territoriality anthropology field to discuss the candomblé terreiro, ethnic groups, territory and government recognition. I interpreted the public policy of the Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká, as an instrument of protection, to safeguard the sacred lands built by the axé’s territoriality. The sacred landscaping, the century-old trees and the vegetation preserved by the terreiro, revelead themselves as part of the many lifestyles lived by the terreiro’s families.