Práticas alimentares nos terreiros de candomblé do Recôncavo da Bahia: memórias da infância

Abstract

The traditional communities of terreiros (meeting places) maintain practices and rituals of African origins preserved in Brazil by sacralization of their customs, so that as interpersonal relations produced allow the reception, affective exchanges, construction of knowledge, prevention of diseases and health promotion, through a diversity of food and therapeutic practices. In this context, for children, it becomes a learning environment, where they acquire knowledge by eating, sharing, celebrating. Considering the importance of the exchange of knowledge between adults and children in traditional communities through their religious practices, the objective of the research is to carry out a survey of the alimentary practices, such as a saint's food, offerings and quizilas [1], in the Traditional Communities Of the Recôncavo da Bahia and to identify the impacts on the alimentary practice of children in such communities. It was carried out a survey in some candomblé terreiros of the Recôncavo where it was realized the biological family and the santo’s family represent a fundamental reference in the learning of behaviors, mainly the alimentary practice of the children.