Exu: The Mouth that Eats All? The Paradoxes of Gifts and Counter-Gifts in Quimbanda
The present work analyses the importance of ritual foods in Quimbanda, especially food demands – that is, food that is not eaten, but is made for negative tasks based on the logic of counter-gift or Counter-Axé. We conducted fieldwork and intervi...
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| Language: | English |
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Jagiellonian University
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Studia Religiologica |
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https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/exu-the-mouth-that-eats-all-the-paradoxes-of-gifts-and-counter-gifts-in-quimbanda
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| Summary: | The present work analyses the importance of ritual foods in Quimbanda, especially food demands – that is, food that is not eaten, but is made for negative tasks based on the logic of counter-gift or Counter-Axé. We conducted fieldwork and interviews with Quimbanda masters and apprentices, and we engaged with a few of the authors who address the topic with regards to thoughts about the theoretical field that deals with religious foods in Afro-Brazilian religions. Religious food has a fundamental dimension in Quimbanda, being an act of transformation and a key element in religion.
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| ISSN: | 0137-2432 2084-4077 |