The Família de Santo in the Candomblé of Recife: Blood and Spiritual Kinship

This article’s central concern is the família de santo (spiritual kinship system) in the Candomblé of Recife, Pernambuco. Spiritual kinship is configured as an extensive network of houses, individuals, deities, and ancestors linked through two recognized types of relationships: one of blood, the oth...

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Autor: Pinto Filho, Olavo de Souza
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Repositorio:Afro-Ásia (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufba.br:article/54189
Acesso em linha:https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/afroasia/article/view/54189
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Spiritual family
Kinship
Nagô Candomblé
Família de santo
Parentesco
Candomblé nagô
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Resumo:This article’s central concern is the família de santo (spiritual kinship system) in the Candomblé of Recife, Pernambuco. Spiritual kinship is configured as an extensive network of houses, individuals, deities, and ancestors linked through two recognized types of relationships: one of blood, the other spiritual. The distinction (and not opposition) between these two forms reveals the fundamental aspect of the relationship between these two terms, creating a disposition that is replicated at different levels and in which blood and spiritual kinship are conceived as coextensive.