Publication

2009 - Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil, Brazil

Language

Portuguese

Word Count

27,500 words, Guess

Page Count

110 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139788586707315
  • ISBN-108586707317
  • Goodreads7264444
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009342134
  • OCLC Control Number317559405
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBL2592.C35 M43 2009

Description

The following book reproduces in facsimile the 1957 edition of the book titled "Candomblé" and includes for the first time the original 52 photographs (without cutting) taken by photojournalist José Medeiros (b. Brazil 1921-1990) to document with texts and a photo series the candomblé initiation ritual practiced by the Indians of the Xingu of Bahia. The present edition an important visual anthropological document of Afro-Brazilian cults, specially now that negatives of the photographs are lost. All photographs are from the holdings of the Institute.

Subjects

Topics

BlacksBlack peoplePictorial worksCandomblé (Religion)Afro-Brazilian cultsReligious life and customsAfro-Brazilian cults -- Pictorial works

Genres

  • Pictorial works

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