Afro-Brazilian Video Project: Maranhão, Northern Brazil (1992.4.1-14)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1992.4.1-14
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Halperin, Daniel
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content: Daniel Halperin videos of Afro-Brazilian traditions in Maranhão, Northern Brazil
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Video recordings
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Video footage of Afro-Brazilian traditions in Maranhão shot by anthropologist Daniel Halperin. Footage documents the Terreiro de Tabajara during a performance of the bull dance tradition, Bumba-Meu-Boi; street scenes in Sao Luis including Carnaval; an interview with Dona Sinha, a medium from the Casa de Nago; and a Tambor de Mina session for Ogum (Sao Jorge) at the Centro Espirita Lirios de Santo Antonio in Lira. Footage includes an Afro-jazz rehearsal at the Terreiro de Jorge, in the Bairro Fe Em Deus; a cura ceremony at the Centro Espirita Lirios de Santo Antonio, in Lira Bairro, with Doutora Dilma and Dona Zizi, involving a "Snake Woman" and serpent spirits and a midnight dispatch of Exus; and a ritual at the Terreiro de Ricardo in Retiro Natal.

Legacy Keywords: Music chanting drumming singing ;  Dance trance-possession masquerade Bumba-Meu-Boi ;  Trance possession dancing ;  Religion Tambor de Mina Umbanda Yoruban Maranhão,Brazil ; Religion Centro Espirita Lirios de Santo Antonio Terreiro de Tabajara Terreiro de Ricardo Terreiro de Jorge Casa de Nago ;  Ritual centers Centro Espirita Lirios de Santo Antonio Terreiro de Tabajara Casa de Nago Terreiro de Jorge ;  Ritual centers Tambor de Mina Umbanda Yoruban ;  Rituals Ogum ritual ;  Rituals cura ceremony Exus ceremony ;  Festivals Carnaval ;  Mediums Dona Sinha Dona Zizi Doutora Dilma Ricardo Maranhão, Brazil