SCARIFICATION:

ART, BODY AND SPIRIT IN YORUBA TRADITIONS

Authors

  • Naiara Paula Eugenio UERJ- CAPES
  • Eduarda Xavier de Melo Siqueira UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v13i1.63073

Keywords:

Yoruba Philosophy, Yoruba Aesthetics, Scarification, Art, Body, Beauty

Abstract

Going through the understanding of the fundamental presence of art and beauty as categories that pass on values, traditions, establish contact with the sacred and demarcate the culture of the Yoruba people. This article intends to analyze a cut of the presence of scarification in the pre and post colonial period through a comparative analysis of selected cases. These being identified by works of art and by the presence in the Yoruba physical body. Considering the scarifications as artistic productions that not only adorn sculptural works but also make the body its own canvas, thus reinforcing the itanlogy that refers to the human being as the first artistic creation, present in the research of the Yoruba art historian Babatunde Lawal and Naiara Paula Eugenio. Through this research, the importance of markings in their materiality and spirituality, belonging to the community and the challenges facing the colonial world of the survival of the practice that exposes ancestral identity will be observed.

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Author Biography

Eduarda Xavier de Melo Siqueira, UFMG

Eduarda Xavier de Melo Siqueira, Graduanda em Jornalismo pela Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais e   pesquisadora de Estética e Filosofia da Arte Iorubá pelo Laboratório de Africologia e Estudos Ameríndios da UFRJ. eduardaxavierdesiqueira@gmail.com, Lattes : http://lattes.cnpq.br/0014408386591045

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Published

2022-06-21

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2022)

Section

Dossiê especial - ESTÉTICA E FILOSOFIA DA ARTE AFRICANA

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