A Banquet for Divinities the Food that becomes an Offering in the Candomble

Authors

  • Janaina Couvo Teixeira Maia

Keywords:

food, gift, candomblé, hybridism, offering

Abstract

This article providesan analysis ab out the presence of food in Candombl rituals basedon a study of off erings for African deities Understanding the sociability relations present between food the orix andtheCommunity are the central point ofthiswork which presents a reflectionon studies on food andreligion as well as ananalysis about the kitchen of the orix s seeking to underst and the dynamics of this space during the realizationofe offerings The study analyzed the relationship between food andcandombl ritualsfromthe perspective oftheorists Marcel Maus andNestor Garc a Canclini who withtheir concepts of Gift and Cultural Hybridism contributed to the reflection of the proposed theme

How to Cite

Janaina Couvo Teixeira Maia. (2020). A Banquet for Divinities the Food that becomes an Offering in the Candomble. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 20(C6), 27–41. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/3323

A Banquet for Divinities the Food that becomes an Offering in the Candomble

Published

2020-03-15