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Confidence
Belief overview
Plurality of nations and lineages
The religion is composed of nations, houses, and diverse traditions, not by a single model.
3
Supportive
0
Contrary
1
Neutral
What it is: Candomblé is organized into multiple nations, lineages, and houses, such as Ketu, Jeje, Angola, and others.
How the religion understands it: This plurality is not mere folkloric detail, but a constitutive part of ritual legitimacy, historical memory, and the concrete form of worship.
Basis and context: The diversity results from different African matrices, Brazilian regional trajectories, and networks of transmission between terreiros.
Debates and variations: There is debate about purity, Africanization, syncretism, and urban transformations, without this eliminating the real plurality of the tradition.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Edison Carneiro, Candomblés of Bahia
A classic description of nations, practices, and the structure of Bahian candomblé.
Reference: Edison Carneiro, Candomblés of Bahia.
Content: The work presents terreiros, nations, festivals, drum patterns, hierarchies, and religious practices of Bahian candomblé.
Use in debate: It is important for the plurality of nations, ritual music, trance, and terreiro organization.
Stefania Capone, The Search for Africa in Candomblé
An important work on Africanization, identity, and ritual legitimacy.
Reference: Stefania Capone, The Search for Africa in Candomblé.
Content: The author examines Africanization, ritual purity, Black identity, and disputes over legitimacy among terreiros.
Use in debate: It is a valuable source for the plurality of nations, history, and syncretism.
Vagner Gonçalves da Silva, Candomblé and Umbanda
An important synthesis on two Afro-Brazilian religions.
Reference: Vagner Gonçalves da Silva, Candomblé and Umbanda.
Content: The work presents the history, cosmology, rituals, and differences between the two traditions.
Use in debate: It is useful as a comparative synthesis and academic classification of candomblé.
Neutral
IPHAN, Dossier on Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká
A heritage document on one of the most important terreiros in Brazil.
Reference: IPHAN, dossier on Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká, known as Casa Branca do Engenho Velho.
Content: The material recognizes the terreiro's historical, religious, and cultural relevance and its ritual continuity.
Use in debate: It is important for the history, public legitimacy, and heritage preservation of candomblé.