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    Jeje: repensando naçÔes e transnacionalismo

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    Ways and Travels of the Sacred Feminine from Brazil to Central Europe Feminine Power and Agency in the Contemporary Umbanda Community IlĂȘ AxĂ© Oxum AbalĂŽ

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    This study examines the Afro-Brazilian theology of the OrixĂĄs (YorĂčbĂĄ deities from West Africa) as practised in a translocated and diasporic Umbanda community in the Central European region of Switzerland, Austria and Germany, the IlĂȘ AxĂ© Oxum AbalĂŽ / Terra Sagrada. In contrast to religious traditions of the CandomblĂ© from Brazil (Cf. the definitions of Umbanda and CandomblĂ© in its religious field: Gonçalves da Silva (CandomblĂ© e Umbanda. Caminhos da Devoção Brasileira. Selo Negro, SĂŁo Paulo, 2005), which are based on the interpretation of the West African IlĂȘ IfĂ© oracle deciphering the deities’ influence on people through the OrixĂĄs, this spiritual community refers its way of learning about the deities to the effects of music, dance and the inner knowledge of one’s own body. Particularly, change and renovation is sought in the oral transmission of knowledge production by a feminist liberation from shameful and powerless attributions in the mythology of the goddess ObĂĄ, among other female goddesses. Spiritual tourism of the community to Brazil encourages these new ways. This text argues that these feminist activists expressed in contemporary performances in Central Europe select certain historical precursors in the religious field of the Afro-Brazilian religions
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