Resumo:
The text proposes an ethnographic look at the bureaucratic processes of cultural heritage listing, considering the patrimonialization, of Candomblé commmunities/ "Terreiros" as an object of analysis. Having as a reference the process of listing the Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká/Terreiro da Casa Branca, it reflects on the importance of inserting documents of an ethnographic nature to register the interests and conflicts involved, as a strategy for the preservation of cultural heritage, aiming to offer thus, a record of the cultural transformations that permeate its management