A espacialidades simbólico-culturais do terreiro de umbanda templo espiritualista pai Oxoce

Abstract

African-based religions are, in short, the expression of a process of recreation and memory, in which space gains special focus on symbolic dimensions, where social relations and the identity context are major drivers of a symbiosis between geography and the sacred. The inclusion of this theme not only values cultural diversity as a process of formation of a country, but also recognizes its much deeper roots. Within this perspective, the main objective of this work was to discuss the spatial and symbolic-cultural dimension of the terreiro de Umbanda Templo Espiritualista Pai Oxoce, located in the neighborhood of Ipsep - Recife. To this end, considering the framework of methodological procedures, bibliographical and documentary research was carried out, in addition to the development of field work, which relies on participant observation carried out over a year of research, thematic interviews were also carried out based on the history orally, in which the leaders of the terreiro and other members who agreed to do so were interviewed. The study revealed not only the discursive potential around the theme that is the geography of religion, but reaffirmed the rite and religious celebrations as a spatialized process, not what meanings exist individually and collectively, where the gaze holds the determining factor . Furthermore, the idea that symbolic spaces of representation are first and foremost the foundation for a clear definition of the sacred for geography comes into focus. It is also necessary to consider the geosymbolic projection, on how the followers of the religion project the construction of their opinion. In this sense, the urgency stands out regarding the need for more research in this area, both with regard to the maturation of the theme of religion in geography, but also the emphasis on this African universe, which goes back to a certain historicity richly populated with relationships, sometimes affective and familial, others prejudiced and shallow as a manifestation of such religious racism. It is also necessary to assume and recognize a given territoriality in the space of the terreiro, which must be reiterated as a right and legitimization of the existence of a community and its customs, without losing, of course, the role that geography plays as an inclusive science. which has the role of including the invisible saying in your performance letter.