Terreiro do São Domingos: Memória, permanência e inovação

• Autor(a) principal: Amaral, Adilson Rogério do
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1999
• topic: Umbanda; Terreiro do São Domingos; Memória; Rituais permanência; Terreiro de Sao Domingos (Americana, SP); Umbanda; Umbanda; São Domingos Spirit Site; Memory; Rituals; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS

The present project aims establishing the reasons why the Spirit Tent Father John has been settled in Americana São Paulo for more than sixty years. It is known in the city as São Domingos Spirit Site, because it is in São Domingos district. We will deal with the tradition and innovation concepts dialectically. As far as it is concerned it is the oldest temple practicing Umbanda in the city and juridically constituted. On the other hand, it is a model to the most temples constituted afterwards becoming this way, a reference point in the African religion historical path in the city. Through this project we intend to show the adaptations occurred in the rituals, specifically in the initial processes, coming from the syncretism with the Catholic religion and its influences in the São Domingos Spirit Site, since its foundation until present days. The qualitative approach is present in this analysis made of interviews which contain the temples members oral testimonies, with the use of a tape recorder, documental survey made in public and private libraries, observation in loco, especially the rituals description and the use of iconography; in this case the use of photos as a data source. This way, from the data obtained in the Spirit Site it was possible to come to the following conclusions: The details of some rituals running the risk of disappearance due to a syncretic natural process, the importance of having the possession of the land, taking into account that this is one of the essential items for the perpetuation of the Spirit Site, the constant game between tradition and innovation and the Exu valorization, as a spiritual entity, creating links of friendship between divinity and believers