{"id":14436,"date":"2021-04-01T15:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conexoesamazonicas.org\/?post_type=artigos&p=14436"},"modified":"2025-06-16T01:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T01:59:26","slug":"historia-de-um-templo-afro-religioso-na-amazonia2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conexoesamazonicas.org\/en\/historia-de-um-templo-afro-religioso-na-amazonia2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of an afro-religious temple in the Brazilian Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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History of an afro-religious temple in the Brazilian Amazon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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1 April 2021 | Duration of reading: 6 min<\/p>\n

By <\/i>Danilo Barbosa Ferreira<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

In this text I will introduce you to an afro-religious temple that has more than 130 years of history, and is the oldest in operation in the state of Par\u00e1\/Brazil: the \u201cTerreiro de Mina Dois Irm\u00e3os\u201d. One of the main characteristics of this house is that only women have led it during more than a century of existence. My goal was to study the transitions between generations, in particular the transition from the third to the fourth generation.
          The terreiro Dois Irm\u00e3os was founded on August 23, 1890, by a black woman named Josina. According to the researcher Taissa Tavernard (see more here<\/a>), we don't have much information about Josina, but it is known that she came from Maranh\u00e3o, probably from the city of Cod\u00f3. M\u00e3e Josina de Toy Averequete founded the Tambor de Santa B\u00e1rbara, which remained open until her death.
          The house was closed for years for large rituals, only the festivities of S\u00e3o Benedito took place during this period. Once Toy Averequete informed me that a woman would appear to ask for authorization to hold the feast of her saint and that they should open the house, because this would be the reopening of the house.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Terreiro de Mina Dois Irm\u00e3os. 2019. Photo by Danilo Barbosa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mrs. Carmelina Am\u00e2ncio Neto, M\u00e3e Amelinha, Josina's \u201cm\u00e3e de santo\u201d, was the one responsible for asking for authorization to hold the feast of her saint, S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9, revered in Dom Jos\u00e9 Rei Floriano. Of course, authorization was granted, not only for the feast of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9, but for other \u201ctoques\u201d. Amelinha became the second generation of leadership and started the uterine lineage. In an interview, M\u00e3e Amelinha's great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Oliveira, told me that the terreiro was renamed \"Dois Irm\u00e3os\" (Two Brothers) after the heads of cr\u00f4a (the entity responsible for the medium's head) of M\u00e3e Josina and M\u00e3e Amelinha, respectively, Toy Averequete and Dom Jos\u00e9 Rei Floriano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Danilo Barbosa (author of this text) and the leaders of the Terreiro de Mina Dois Irm\u00e3os. Photo by Danilo Barbosa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 During the period in which M\u00e3e Amelinha was responsible for the Dois Irm\u00e3os, many tasks of the house were the responsibility of her family members, including children and grandchildren. Her blood daughter Luiza Ninfa de Oliveira was chosen as her successor. M\u00e3e Lulu is alive and still participates in all the ceremonies of the terreiro, as well as in festivities in other spaces; together with M\u00e3e Lulu, Eloisa is becoming the fourth generation in the terreiro, responsible for the administrative and religious affairs of the centennial house.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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M\u00e3e Eloisa in 2020. Photo by Danilo Barbosa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0The passage of succession from M\u00e3e Lulu to M\u00e3e Eloisa was the main focus of my research, which was different from all others that have occurred before. Until today, by analyzing comments and conducting interviews, I could notice that the transition was not as harmonious as it seems: not everything that happened in the \"little chamber\" was exposed to the \"salon\".\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This research already shows some solid results, above all the visions that some people have about the house, Regarding its future, eyewitnesses told me that there were at least two people quoted to take over Dois Irm\u00e3o after the death of M\u00e3e Lulu: Elizabeth Oliveira and Eloisa Oliveira. However, Elizabeth was left on the sidelines so that the uterine lineage would remain unchanged. For the more pessimistic, the house will close with the passing of Lulu,\u00a0as shown here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In conclusion, I emphasize that this research is not partial in its development, nor in its analysis. Moreover, my object is to study all the arrangements that were formed during the different transitions, trying as my main objective to build a narrative about the history of the Dois Irm\u00e3os, its secrecy and importance, even if it is necessary to go through some conflicts. I conclude by highlighting that this research continues during my Master's degree in PPGCR\/UEPA, where I analyze the relationship between inheritance and heredity, the influence of blood family in the saint family.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Science is done collaboratively<\/strong><\/p>\n

          My research on Afro religiosity in Bel\u00e9m has been developed for more than 5 years. It started at the first subject that I took at the History College, in 2015, and it gradually created its own characteristics and became independent from the faculty. During these years of research I was oriented by the researcher and Professor Ta\u00edssa Tavernard de Luca, learning about how to act in the field and the paths to follow as a young researcher. Today she is the supervisor of my Master's thesis. Since I am talking about partnership, I must mention M\u00e3e Eloisa and everyone who in 2015 opened the doors of her house to receive me and her archives to tell me part of her family history. Elizabeth Oliveira also received me to talk about her experiences in Dois Irm\u00e3os (Two Brothers).<\/p>\n

Want to know more? Access the links below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

FERREIRA, Danilo Barbosa. Linhagem feminina no Terreiro de Mina Dois Irm\u00e3os: Estudo sobre os 130 anos de mulheres comandando a casa. In: Anais do Programa de P\u00f3s Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Ci\u00eancias da Religi\u00e3o da PUC Campinas, 2020, Campinas. Anais Eletr\u00f4nicos. S\u00e3o Paulo, PUC Campinas, 2020, p. 41 \u2013 42. (Link<\/a>)  <\/p>\n

LUCA, Taissa Tavernard de. Revisitando o Tambor das Flores a Federa\u00e7\u00e3o Espirita e Umbandista dos Cultos Afro-Brasileiros do Estado do Par\u00e1 como Guardi\u00e3 de uma Tradi\u00e7\u00e3o. Orientador: Dra. Maria do Carmo Tinoco Brand\u00e3o. 2003. 174 f. Disserta\u00e7\u00e3o (P\u00f3s Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Antropologia) – Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, 2003. (Link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

FERREIRA, Danilo Barbosa. Linhagem feminina no Terreiro de Mina: estudo sobre a sucess\u00e3o da lideran\u00e7a do terreiro de Mina Dois Irm\u00e3os – Guam\u00e1. 2019. Monografia (Gradua\u00e7\u00e3o em Licenciatura em Hust\u00f3ria) – Universidade do Estado do Par\u00e1, Bel\u00e9m, 2019. (Link<\/a>)  <\/p>\n

VERGOLINO, Ana\u00edza; Tavernard, Taissa. A trajet\u00f3ria das religi\u00f5es afro-brasileiras em Bel\u00e9m do Par\u00e1 na vers\u00e3o do povo-de-santo: um caso para a hist\u00f3ria oral. Org. CAMELO, Marco Antonio da Costa. Et al. In: Sociedade e saberes da Amaz\u00f4nia. Bel\u00e9m: EDUEPA, 2018. (Link<\/a>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Danilo Barbosa Ferreira is a historian from the Universidade do Estado do Par\u00e1 - UEPA. He is a student of the Graduate Program in Religious Sciences - PPGCR \/ UEPA. He is a member of the African-Brazilian Religions in the Amazon Study Group. Develops research in the areas of heredity and lineage in Afro religions. See more on the\u00a0Lattes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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