NARRATIVES, CHARACTERS, PERFORMANCES: THE BAIANA AS THE FACE OF CANDOMBLÉ

Abstract This article describes how the Baiana, a regional folk-type in Brazilian culture could be shaped with the contribution of the literature, music, religion and scholarly works, its role in the shaping of Brazilian-ness and Afro-Brazilian identity, with some possible effects in the lives of the real people refered under this label.

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Main Author: Cruz,Robson
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA) 2016
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412016000200015
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