COMIDA E UMBANDA: UMA VISÃO DOS ALIMENTOS E OFERENDAS NA CASA DE UMBANDA PAI BENEDITO DE ANGOLA

Abstract

This article is about the importance of the uses of food in the rites or in general use in the Umbanda religion, founded in Niterói RJ in the year 1908, which makes it a national heritage, focusing on the practices of the Casa de Umbanda pai Benedito de Angola (CUpBA, how will be referred), founded in April 2011 also in Niterói. A bibliographic research was conducted about the history of the african american Brazilian cults and Umbanda and also interviews were conducted with the cult director and the “preto velho” who rules the CUpBA with the point of documenting and preserving of the cooking and rites which englobes food in the day to day of the house. Finally, as one of the bases of cult int the religion, feeding is one of the greatest heritages of the Casa de Umbanda, it should be teached carefully and respected since this culture is a heritage of our nation.