%0 Journal Article
%T Afro-Brazilian religions and audiovisual narratives in Amazonia: research tools
%A Cordovil
%A Daniela
%J Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
%D 2012
%I Associa??o Brasileira de Antropologia
%R 10.1590/S1809-43412012000200018
%X this text discusses the use of audiovisual resources like cinema and video by afro-brazilian religions practioners in two ethnographical contexts of amazonia, namely the urban areas of cururupu and bel¨Śm. in cururupu, the production of amateur videos commissioned in a local audiovisual store serves as a source of self-recognition and enables the discussion and continuous experience of the rituals. in bel¨Śm, a documentary film on the cosmovision of tambor de mina, the most widely practiced afro-brazilian religion in the city, was made through a partnership between a father of saint (afro-brazilian religion priest) and a filmmaker using federal government funding. setting out from these ethnographic examples, i explore how audiovisual resources are employed by a religious tradition whose reproduction is based on a centuries-old orality. the text points to the advantages and potential uses of these kinds of audiovisual narratives by anthropologists as a means of access to native cultures.
%K afro-brazilian religions
%K tambor de mina
%K visual anthropology
%K cinema
%K video.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1809-43412012000200018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en