FROM THE CROSSROADS TO THE FEDERAL SUPERIOR COURT: THE RITUAL SACRIFICE OF ANIMALS OF THE AFRO-BRAZILIAN RELIGIONS, RELIGIOUS RACISM AND THE DEFENSE OF ANIMALS
Afro-Brazilian Religions; Ritual Animal Sacrifice; Umbanda; Religious Prejudice.
This thesis aims to understand the factors that placed the ritual sacrifice of animals on the agenda in legislative assemblies and municipal chambers in Brazil. Therefore, a theoretical analysis was carried out to reflect on the issue of ritual sacrifice of animals, through the ethnographic method, participant observation at the Umbanda Pombagira Rainha Center in Natal/RN, analyzing the life trajectory of Pai Canindé and his son Pai Igor , where aspects such as syncretism (FERRETI, 2014), conflicts inherent in sociocultural processes, social dramas (TURNER, 2008) and actions of religious prejudice related to the Afro-Brazilian universe were discussed. Thus, the thesis postulates the relationship of two movements that led to the prohibition of animal sacrifice rituals of Afro-Brazilian religions to the Legislative and Judiciary Power: the increase in Evangelical parliamentarians and the context of the expansion of the speech in defense of rights of the animals. Regarding the religious prejudice that permeates this discussion, I presented elements of the crossroads epistemology proposed by Rufino (2019), as a confrontation perspective.