Roupas de Axé: A coleção de indumentárias litúrgicas do Museu Afro-Brasileiro da Universidade Federal da Bahia

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze a set of sixteen pieces of the collection of African - religious outfit in the Afro - Brazilian Museum of the Federal University of Bahia (MAFRO/UFBA). From literature, iconological analyzes, experiments with museological processes of documentation and oral reports obtained through interviews, we sought to understand the clothing as a participant in the collective memory of African-Brazilian religious culture and, therefore, cultural heritage. About the viewpoint of European and African influences was possible to understand the emergence as a dress used in celebrations of Candomble. The donation to the collection of MAFRO/UFBA by Candomble traditionally known in Salvador and Bahia recôncavo region was also analyzed and understood as the result of a dialogue established by the institution to the community. The pieces donated besides demonstrating the support of the institution African-religious appreciated the stuff of memory of the communities. Thus, this research demonstrates that there is a speech of appreciation and preservation of both the institution and the community from the Candomble clothing.