Quilombo
Territorial establishments of various characteristics, the most common
form against the slavery in Brazil; it could be since a small group of
men to twenty thousand institutionally organized men, living from
agriculture or mining; the “quilombola” movement was so strong that
represented a constant threat to the slavery in the whole country, as
well as the risks for the metropolitan systems.
Quimbanda
Term of “Quimbundo” origin (Angola); “quimbandeiro”: it means a
priest or priestess who deals with natural materials that appeases
health (leaves, herbs and others), it is highly diffused in the
Southeast of Brazil.
Quitanda
Term of “Quimbundo” origin (Angola); small camp for changing of
goods “cellular unit of a quilombo”; “Quitanda” de iaô: ceremony of
changing of the objects and money, which allows the reentry of the
initiated person of the Candomblé, in the external relationships.
