Seguir movimentos: o fazer e refazer de terreiros de candomblé

Abstract

This dissertation presents and discusses the trajectories and movements of two Candomblé yards founded in Salvador wich moved to cities in its metropolitan region. From the analysis of the trajectories of the janitors of each of the yard and observing the contingencies and the arrangements that were necessary for the yards to come into existence and to settle in a certain place, the research was able to get into the theme of candomblé yards and their relationship with space. The relevance of this research is anchored in the need to fill a gap in the field of studies of Anthropology of Religion regarding the theme of Afro-Brazilian religions and, above all, Candomblé, and its intersections with the theme of movements and spatiality, which were treated in an underlying manner by researchers in the field. In this research, the religious trajectories of both priests and their yards were analyzed, paying attention to the questions that arise from the spatial changes and observing the ways of doing that are formed and established from the particular movements and practices of each House. In the first case, an ethnographic research was carried out, with the active participation of the researcher in the field and subsequent data analysis. For the other case, the analysis was carried out on secondary material arising from the research carried out by Fabio Lima regarding his research for the master's degree. In both contexts, looking at both trajectories and displacements was fundamental to understand these yards in greater depth, noting that, for each specific situation, the consequences were different.