Modernidade versus tradição: em torno da leitura da comida sagrada dos orixás nas religiões afro-brasileiras em João Pessoa-PB

Abstract

This paper intends to understand, in the field of Afro-Brazilian religions, how the relationship between modernity and tradition in their sacred spaces happens, trying to understand the imbrications and uses given to these notions. With regard to the theoretical-methodological aspect, our perspective is ethnographic. In addition to the bibliographical research, we conducted semi-structured interviews with some afro- religious leadership in the municipality of João Pessoa. It was found that, in Afro- Brazilian religions, the notions of modernity and tradition are transformed according to the needs of each society. The changes brought about by modernity affect daily life within the Afro-Brazilian religions, because they are religions that highly value the notion of "tradition", which is mostly oral, with its practices and transmission of the teachings passed by orality. Food is one of the main sacred symbols in the cults of Afro-Brazilian religions, always with the concern that goes from the space called "sacred cuisine" to the form of preparation, being the responsibility of the feminine positions Yabasse, which has the responsibility to maintain "The tradition" and the customs in the preparation of the sacred foods, called offerings, that the orishas are offered like way of exchange of thanks.