Um aspecto da diversidade cultural do caboclo amazônico: a religião

Authors

  • Raymundo Heraldo Maués

Keywords:

Amazon, Religion, Popular Culture

Abstract

HIS PAPER deals with a particular aspect of the Amazon caboclo's cultural diversity, namely, religion. Caboclo religion represents a form of folk Catholicism, witch is related to native shamanism - pajelança cabocla -, originating from practices and beliefs of the Tupinambá Indians, who inhabited part of the Amazon Region in colonial times, and cultural influences from Portuguese colonialists and African slaves.

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Published

2005-04-01

Issue

Section

Dossiê Amazônia Brasileira I

How to Cite

Maués, R. H. (2005). Um aspecto da diversidade cultural do caboclo amazônico: a religião . Estudos Avançados, 19(53), 259-274. https://journals.usp.br/eav/article/view/10058