Afro-Brazilian Video Project: Maranhão, Northern Brazil (1992.4.1-13)
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1992.4.1-13
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. Documentation includes footage of the Umbanda influenced Festa da Cabocla Mariana at the Terreiro in Angelim, a middle-class area of Sao Luis. Footage documents the Terreiro de Margarita Mota during the Umbanda-influenced Festa dos Pretos Velhos. Records the beginning of the Linha da Mata ritual.

Legacy Keywords: Music chanting drumming singing ;  Dance trance-possession ;  Trance dancing possession ;  Religion Tambor de Mina Umbanda Angelim Terreiro ;  Religion Terreiro de Margarida Mota ;  Rituals Linha da Mata ;  Ritual centers Angelim Terreiro Tambor de Mina Umbanda ;  Ritual centers Terreiro de Margarida Mota ;  Festivals Festa dos Pretos Velhos ;  Festivals Festa da Cabocla Mariana Maranhão, Brazil