Candomblé
By: José Medeiros.
Publisher: Instituto Moreira Salles
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [São Paulo, Brazil]
Language: por
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9788586707315
Subjects: Candomblé (Religion) -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) -- Pictorial works; Afro-Brazilian cults -- Pictorial works; Blacks -- Brazil -- Bahia (State) -- Pictorial works; Bahia (Brazil : State) -- Religious life and customs -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Description: The following book reproduces in facsimile the 1957 edition of the book titled "Candomblé" and includes for the first time the original 52 photographs (without cutting) taken by photojournalist José Medeiros (b. Brazil 1921-1990) to document with texts and a photo series the candomblé initiation ritual practiced by the Indians of the Xingu of Bahia. The present edition an important visual anthropological document of Afro-Brazilian cults, specially now that negatives of the photographs are lost. All photographs are from the holdings of the Institute.
Notes: "Na parte inicial ... imagens constantes da edição de 1957 ... perfazendo ao todo 52 fotografias ... Na segunda parte ... conjunto de 15 fotografias realizadas entre 1951 e 1957, e não incluídas na seleção original ..."--P. 7-8.

Includes bibliographical references.