Práticas alimentares entre terreiros de candomblé no Recôncavo da Bahia

Abstract

The relationship between religion and food and food restrictions from each one were always present in the life of the human being. From the moment one has a belief, any sacrifice is valid for a religious or doctrinal follower. In candomblé the food is fundamental for the rituals performed to the Orixás, who represent archetypes of forces of nature. Apart from biological nourishment, not least, it is necessary, symbolically, to feed the soul, to meet non-palpable energy needs. This article aims to demonstrate the most common practices and eating habits in some candomblé terraces of the Reconceive da Bahia, in the cities of Cruz das Almas and Santo Antônio de Jesus, as well as the nutritional values of the most used foods, and the excesses or restrictions in which the candomblé adherents are submitted to ingesting or not, certain food. The development of this research was made through a qualitative, exploratory study with an observational and descriptive approach. The results of the present study revealed that the food habits of the candomblecistas do not directly interfere with their health status, considering that the foods consumed daily are common to the table of the Brazilian people and those used in the rituals are not part of everyday life, even during holidays or obligations, there is a concern for the health of the adept, if it has any disease.