Da encruzilhada para o Supremo Tribunal Federal: o sacrifício ritual de animais das religiões afro-brasileiras, o preconceito religioso e a defesa dos animais

Abstract

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 Centro de Umbanda Pombagira Rainha in Natal/RN, analyzing the life trajectory of Pai Canindé and his son Pai Igor, where he discussed 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. Thus, the thesis postulates the relationship of two movements that led to the prohibition of animal sacrifice rituals of AfroBrazilian 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 coping perspective.