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| Mission accomplished. Members of the Mãe Edna de Baru's (Mother Edna of Baru) house. |
An Afro-Brazilian Religious Space may be called "temple", "center" (centro) as in Centro de Umbanda (Umbanda Center), "terreiro" - a word derived from "terra (Earth) and simply "house". A "terreiro" can be an area in the bush that is separated for the service, the undergrowth is cleared, the soil swept so that feet can tap and stump on the ground without the danger of snakes, insects that could somehow cause harm to the people in ceremony. "We do not need a cathedral. Men make cathedral. The little corner in the capoeira (second growth forest around the house) is god-made and all we need".
Foz do Iguaçu is said to have 42 "houses". Each "house" is independent. There is no hierarchy. Houses do cooperate among them. Each house is presided over by a babalorisha (Babalorixá) or Yalorisha (Ialorixá). Babá means father and Ya (iá) is mother. Thus Babalorisha and Yalorisha means father and mother of Orisha. Commonly both are called pai (father) or mãe (mother) de santo (saint, orixa) in the sense that they take care and cater to the saints or Orishas.
An adaptation from the Jackson Lima / Blog de Foz list of
Umbanda and Candomblé Temples in Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassu Falls Area)
How did this list begin? See also Afrobrazilian Religious Dates and Holidays
and This is Cabocla Jurema for a glimpse of how this list began
and This is Cabocla Jurema for a glimpse of how this list began
