Brazilian Syncretic Religions

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Candomble members, celebrating a holy day inside a Catholic church. BonfimSalvador-CCBY.jpg
Candomblé members, celebrating a holy day inside a Catholic church.

Research indicates that 44% of Brazilians have two religions. [1] Official data from the Brazilian census indicate that 1,011,507 Brazilians have two religions or follow a syncretic religion. [2] Because to miscegenation it is common for a person to have a father of one race and religion and a mother of another race and another religion, naturally that person can adopt the two beliefs or follow a religion that mixes the two beliefs. [3]

It is possible to see Christian and African elements and a white priest inside a temple in Ubanda. Umbanda e declarada patrimonio imaterial do Rio de Janeiro (30232204183).jpg
It is possible to see Christian and African elements and a white priest inside a temple in Ubanda.

Many Afro-Brazilian religions are called Macumba, [4] but generally macumba is a vague word for any religion from Africa. [5] Tambor de Mina is a highly syncretic religious tradition, combining cultural elements of colonial Brazil and Portuguese culture with elements of the religious culture of the first Brazilian African slaves. [6] Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion that mixes African beliefs with Catholic art and visuals. Many criticize that candomble is considered a syncretic religion, arguing that slaves needed to adopt Catholic elements so as not to be reprimanded by slave owners. [7]

Santo Daime, is a religion founded by Raimundo Irineu Serra known as Mestre Irineu, Raimundo was a Catholic who served as a soldier in the Brazilian Amazon, during that period he had contact with indigenous cults involving the sacred ayahuasca plant, used by the natives of the Brazilian Amazon. [8] Santo Daime is a religion that mixes Marianism with native Brazilian beliefs. Daime is an abbreviation of the Portuguese phrase 'give me love' (Dai-me Amor). [9] The Santo Daime religion has managed to reach other countries, it is possible to consider that it is a world religion. [10] Umbanda is a Kardecist Spiritism, Afro-Brazilian and Brazilian Shamanist religion, it emerged after a Kardecist medium Zélio Fernandino de Moraes came to accept the spirits of Natives and Blacks, [11] Umbanda broke with traditional spiritism. [12]

Brazilian Pentecostal church with Jewish elements. Templo de Salomao - 5.JPG
Brazilian Pentecostal church with Jewish elements.

Pentecostalism in Brazil has ritualistic characteristics of Afro-Brazilian religions, [13] it is also very popular among black Brazilians, although Pentecostals deny that there is a syncretism between criticism and Afro-Brazilian religions. [14] One of the most popular Pentecostal churches in Brazil, the IURD (Igrja Universal do Reino de Deus), has an open relationship of syncretism with Judaism. [15] Brazilian Jewish authorities reject this syncretism. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Pesquisa revela que 44% dos brasileiros seguem mais de uma religião". O Globo. June 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "IBGE | Brasil em SĂntese". Cidades.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  3. ↑ Ribeiro da Fonseca, Dantas.As raízes do sincretismo religioso afro-brasileiro,https://periodicos.unir.br/index.php/linguaviva/article/view/567,Revista Língua Viva, Guajará-Mirim/RO, Vol. 2, N. 1, p.96-136,jul./dez. 2012
  4. ↑ Hayes, Kelly E. (2007). "Black Magic and the Academy: Macumba and Afro-Brazilian "Orthodoxies"". History of Religions. pp. 283–31.
  5. ↑ "Macumba". Dicio.
  6. ↑ Ferretti, Mundicarmo (2014-12-01). "Brinquedo de Cura in Terreiro de Mina". Revista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (59): 57–78. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-901X.v0i59p57-78. ISSN 0020-3874.
  7. ↑ OLIVEIRA RIBEIRO,Josenilda. SINCRETISMO RELIGIOSO NO BRASIL: UMA ANÁLISE HISTÓRICA DAS TRANSFORMAÇÕES NO CATOLICISMO, EVANGELISMO, CANDOMBLÉ E ESPIRITISMO.Work in Social Service by Federal University of Pernambuco
  8. ↑ Fróes, Vera.SANTO DAIMECULTURA AMAZÔNICAHISTÓRIA DO POVO DE JURAMIDAM,EDITORA YAGÉSÃO PAULO - 2019, p.8
  9. ↑ Fróes, Vera.SANTO DAIMECULTURA AMAZÔNICAHISTÓRIA DO POVO DE JURAMIDAM,EDITORA YAGÉSÃO PAULO - 2019, p.9
  10. ↑ Víctor Hugo Lavazza (2008). La esoteria como factor unificador en elculto del Santo Daime en la Argentina. IX Congreso Argentino de Antropología Social. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales -Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas.
  11. ↑ Saidenberg, Theresa. "Como surgiu a Umbanda em nosso país: 70° aniversário de uma religião brasileira." Revista Planeta, São Paulo, N. 75, December 1978. p. 34–38.
  12. ↑ "» Dúvidas mais FrequentesFederação Espírita Brasileira".
  13. ↑ Santo, Claudinei Espirito. Matrizes africanas e suas relações com as pequenas Igrejas Pentecostais. 2018. 101 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Sociais) – Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciências Sociais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2018.
  14. ↑ Silva, Vagner Gonçalves da (April 2007). "Neopentecostalismo e religiões afro-brasileiras: Significados do ataque aos símbolos da herança religiosa africana no Brasil contemporâneo". Mana. 13 (1): 207–236. doi: 10.1590/S0104-93132007000100008 .
  15. ↑ Toniol, Rodrigo (September 27, 2019). "Judaicização do pentecostalismo brasileiro".
  16. ↑ "Rabino Edir? Quase isso". VEJA.
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