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Tabu e poder político: um estudo da interdição feminina na tradição religiosa afro-paraense Mina Nagô

Much has been studied for history and anthropology african-religious about the important role played by women, where it can on equal footing with their opposite sex administer the sacred spaces as priests or priestesses (SILVA 2009). On the other hand, Religion in Mina Nago tradi...

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Autor principal: SILVA, Lucielma Lobato
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: por
Publicado em: Universidade Federal do Pará 2020
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Acesso em linha: http://repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/12865
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Much has been studied for history and anthropology african-religious about the important role played by women, where it can on equal footing with their opposite sex administer the sacred spaces as priests or priestesses (SILVA 2009). On the other hand, Religion in Mina Nago tradition african-Para, is created on the intramural their menstrual taboo, where women are banned during this period. Therefore, this article seeks to analyze this taboo 90in houses of the holy city of Mina NagoAbaetetuba-PA, where this symbolic element is passed to the social (DOUGLAS, 2010), and is an important means of forbidden female, which is restricted political and administrative functions during this period. Thus, the menstrual taboo serves to lessen or muffle the political power of women within the religion that the woman can also be an important pillar.