Cucumbis Carnavalescos: Áfricas, carnaval e abolição (Rio de Janeiro, década de 1880)

Brasil, Eric

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“…Besides Roman Catholic encompassment and oversight, Brazilian carnaval is entangled with Afro‐Brazilian religious practices and traditions (Cavalcanti 2015; Godi 1997, Montes 1998). As Roberto Moura (1995) describes, by the end of the nineteenth century, black residents of Rio de Janeiro formed Afro‐Brazilian carnaval processions called cucumbis , and many participated in so‐called ranchos , that is, processions that display fusions between Euro‐Brazilian and Afro‐Brazilian styles (Brasil 2014). Elements of these processions were later incorporated by the well‐known samba schools.…”

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Blessed Beats: Religious Profanation and Evangelical Syncretization from Samba to Carnaval Gospel

Oosterbaan

2021

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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This article examines Evangelical carnaval in Brazil to argue that anthropological writing on syncretization expresses a theoretical gap or shortcoming. In several large Brazilian cities, Evangelicals are currently organizing carnaval parades and performing samba music with percussion instruments. Many Evangelical adherents regard samba as spiritually hazardous because the music genre is perceived to hold Afro-Brazilian religious force. Such an appraisal barred fusions between proselytization and samba in the past, but Evangelical carnaval performers offer a new mode of syncretization that produces fusions previously deemed impossible. This article argues that this mode can be described as Evangelical syncretization and that such mergers are characterized by religious profanation. Participants in Evangelical carnaval codify samba as "cultural" and argue that no music genre is intrinsically malevolent. This semiotic ideology, in combination with a proselytization technique called estratégia, makes possible Evangelical participation in patrimonial practices associated with Afro-Brazilian religion and allows Evangelicals to employ cultural phenomena as missionary armaments. [carnaval, syncretization, religion, Evangelical Christianity, music, Agamben] R e s u m o Este artigo trata o carnaval gospel no Brasil e argumenta que a literatura antropológica sobre sincretização apresenta uma lacuna teórica. Em grandes cidades brasileiras, evangélicos atualmente organizam desfiles de carnaval e tocam samba-enredo com instrumentos de percussão. Muitos evangélicos consideram o samba espiritualmente

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