Viagens Etnográficas entre Cachoeira e São Félix

Abstract

This photo essay reflects my ethnographic travels between the city of Cachoeira and São Félix, in the Recôncavo da Bahia. What about Cachoeira e São Félix? I think they are historical and cultural cities that arouse my desire for bio-estral richness.

Ethnographic research allows us to find encounters, affections, multiple knowledge, discoveries, and as stated by anthropologist Marcio Goldman (2003), who defends the idea of “picking leaves”, getting satisfactory results little by little, going there, going here, walking, and seeking information in the field. From then on I understand that all the comings and goings of travels allowed me to rediscover my ancestry.

Arriving in Cachoeira x São Félix I met several people who welcomed me from the heart, such as Ekedji Romilda from Sogbo da Roça do Ventura in Cachoeira, Babysitter Idelson from Ogum Megege from Terreiro Ogunjá in São Félix, Iyá Regina from Terreiro Huntologi Avimaje, Professor Francisca Marques do (LEAA-Recôncavo), Udinaldo Neto and Letícia Catete from (PPGCS-UFRB) odd friends, among others. The photos of the essay in question record my daily, festive and touristic journey in the cities already mentioned above.

The religious diversity of the terreiros is immeasurable in the city of Cachoeira x São Félix, because I got to know Terreiros de Nação: Nagô, Nagô-Vodum, Ketu, Jeje Mahin and Angola. I participated in the Waterfall Wash in 2019, the Ogum, Oxum and Caboclos Festival in the Ogunjá in São Félix, in 2019, the Terreiro Raíz de Ayrá Centenary, in 2019, and many other religious and non-religious spaces.

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Author: Elder Pereira Ribeiro

Photographs: Elder Pereira Ribeiro

Direction, Image and Text Editing: Elder Pereira Ribeiro