As contribuições das religiões de matriz africana para a cultura brasileira

Abstract

Despite the 5th Article of the Federal Constitution establishing freedom of conscience and belief as inviolable, the free exercise of religious services being ensured and, in the form of the law, the protection of places of worship and their liturgies, religious intolerance in Brazil it is still present in today's society, making the possibility of overcoming it seems distant. Mainly the religions of Afro-Brazilian origin has been a recurrent target of this type of attitude, which awakens to the need for the formation of new positions in society. An important step towards this change was Law 11.645 / 2008, which made ethnic-racial education in schools mandatory, through the teaching of African and Afro-Brazilian and indigenous history and culture. School training is undoubtedly an essential component for changing this paradigm. In line with the State Curriculum Guidelines for Teaching History, which proposes the formation of “subjects who build meanings for the world, who critically understand the social and historical context of which they are fruits and who, through access to knowledge, are able to a citizen and transformative insertion in society, this study aims to discuss the Afro-descendent religious manifestations and understand some historical origins of its stigmatization process in Brazil. Through bibliographic research, it seeks to understand the participation of Afro-descendent religions in Brazilian culture; discuss the importance of Law 10.639 / 03, which makes mandatory teaching about Afro-Brazilian History and Culture in primary and secondary schools; and address the importance of offering students contact with the culture of people of African descent, focusing on the religious aspect, providing opportunities for deconstruction and disinhibition.