Práticas religiosas e gênero no Terreiro de Mina Rei Sebastião, em São Luís/MA

Abstract

The relationship between Geography and Religion highlights spatial strategies of certain religious groups and institutions. In Tambor de Mina, an Afro-Brazilian religion originating in the state of Maranhão, religious practices are also interrelated with gender issues of significant importance, which distinguishes them from other dominant sociocultural conceptions. The territory of Terreiro Rei Sebastião, in the Sacavém neighborhood, in the city of São Luís/MA, goes beyond the religious temple and is present in the way of acting, in the zeal for bodies, in the streets with social actions and in the willingness to help everyone those who need a safe harbor to anchor. The methodology consists of articulating the experience, the reports obtained in a questionnaire and interviews with leader Pai Gustavo and the theoretical basis raised, using Phenomenology as a principle as a way of turning to the lived world. We hope that this work can collaborate with geography and promote reflection on the anti-racist fight against oppression based on race, gender and religion