Bantu
The name of one of the biggest ethno-linguistic African groups; it
comprehends the people who dwelled the Centro-Western Africa,
where came the majority of the slaves taken to Brazil; nowadays they
have spread to the South of Africa due to the political and economic
regional growth.
Bori
Initiation ceremony (bo + ori), which means: “to adore the head”; in this
ceremony sacrifices are offered to Ori-inú, over the head of the person
who is initiated or over who offers the sacrifices, and also to Igbá-ori,
the symbolic head, which represents the counterpart of the supernatural.
Capoeira
A dance-fight taken by the Angolan slaves to Brazil; descendant of
the ancient acrobatic dance of the “quilengue” ethnic group (Angola);
developed in Brazil as an art of defense and initiation.
Congo
Reign of the Western Africa (15th, 16th, 17th, 18th centuries); one of
the surviving mythic nations of the traditional African religion; “Rei do
Congo” (King of Congo) preeminent figure of the term “Congada”, a
ritual party of the Black people of Minas Gerais.
