Durante o ano de 2021, ainda pandemia, aqui no Brasil muitos lugares ficaram fechados, incluindo espaços religiosos, e não foi diferente no terreiro que sou filha. Na Umbanda de Nação Banto-AmerÍndia e na Jurema, os meses de Fevereiro e Agosto são consagrados aos orixás Bará e Lebara e às entidades Exus e Pombas-gira; E nós, filhos desses orixás nesse período temos nossas obrigações no terreiro.
Em fevereiro de 2020 tivemos a louvação à Exu e tudo ocorreu normalmente, - já que a quarentena no país foi iniciada de março à julho; Em agosto houve a louvação à Lebara, porém de forma bem restrita, e em dezembro com a crescente da pandemia a casa fechou novamente, e pra além disso os nossos pais de santo ficaram internado com o vírus da Covid-19, e em janeiro de 2021 a nossa Mãe encantou-se.
Fevereiro, esse mês tão esperado por mim, não teve carnaval e nem teve obrigação, duas coisas sagradas pra mim pois, quem mora em Olinda sabe que o sagrado e o profano se misturam, se unem, e viram uma coisa só, fevereiro.
Nessa série intitulada de Fevereiro Agosto, faço uso de um auto-retrato (selfie) para fazer um desenho, marcando novos caminhos, limites e encruzilhadas nesse corpo-território em que carrego as cores do fundamento do meu orixá, conhecida popularmente como Pomba-Gira. Diversas simbologias estão presentes nas imagens da série, iniciando pelas cores do orixá, guias, o tridente, ebó, rosas, incluindo o uso da tipografia de cabeça para baixo brincando com a palavra 'pomba gira', como estivesse em movimento, reafirmando a territorialidade dessa imagem-corpo.
O corpo vermelho remete e representa as imagens populares das Pomba-giras conhecidas nos mercados públicos da cidade, em específico no Mercado de São José no bairro do Recife. Essa série é a forma que encontrei de materializar, de realizar minha obrigação, feita à partir de outra casa, a minha; Minha casa, meu corpo-território. Um meio que encontrei de me ver dentro do sagrado, algo que está e faz parte do espírito ancestral, e que também está na carne, - festa da carne, carnaval, e que principalmente está no Orí. Mojubá Lebara! Pomba-gira é Mojubá! Asé
During the year 2021, even during the pandemic, here in Brazil many places remained closed, including religious spaces, and it was no different in the land where I am pregnant. In the Umbanda of Banto-Amerindia Nation and in Jurema, the months of February and August are consecrated to the orixás Bará and Lebara and the entities Exus and Pombas-gira; and we, the children of these orixás, in this period we have our obligations in the terreiro.
In February 2020 we watched the Alabanza to Exu and everything happened with normality —as the quarantine in the country began from March to July—; In August I brought the Alabanza to Lebara, but in a very restricted way, and in December, with the increase in the pandemic, the house closed again. Furthermore, our priests of Saint were hospitalized with the Covid-19 virus, and in 2021 our Mother was enchanted.
February, this month is waiting for me, in your carnival and in your obligation, of sacred things for me because, whoever lives in Olinda knows that the sacred and the profane are mixed, they are united and come back to a single thing: fever.
In this series entitled "Febrero Agosto", I use a self-portrait (selfie) to create a drawing, marking new paths, limits and crossroads in this body-territory that carries the colors of the foundation of my orixá, popularly known as Pomba-gira. Several symbolisms are present in the images of the series, starting with the colors of the orixá, guías, the trident, ebó, roses, including the use of typography in reverse playing with the word 'dove gira', as if it was in motion, reaffirming the territoriality of this image-body.
The red body reflects and represents popular images of Pomba-giras known in the public markets of the city, specifically in the Mercado de São José in the neighborhood of Recife. This series is the way I find to materialize, to carry out my obligation, he comes from another home: my home. My home, my body-territory. A means that you find within the sacred, something that is and forms part of the ancestral spirit, and that is also in the flesh —fiesta de la carne, carnival— and that is mainly in the Orí. ¡Mojubá Lebara! Pomba-gira is ¡Mojubá! Asé.
During the year 2021, still in a pandemic, here in Brazil many places remained closed, including religious spaces, and it was no different in the terreiro where I am a daughter. In Umbanda of Banto-Amerindian Nation and in Jurema, the months of February and August are consecrated to the orixás Bará and Lebara and to the entities Exu and Pomba-gira; and we, the children of these orixás, have our obligations in the terreiro during this period.
In February 2020, we had the praise to Exu and everything went normally — since the quarantine in the country began from March to July; in August there was the praise to Lebara, but in a very restricted way, and in December, with the rise of the pandemic, the house closed again. Furthermore, our saint parents were hospitalized with the Covid-19 virus, and in January 2021 our Mother became enchanted (passed away).
February, that month I so much looked forward to, had neither carnival nor obligation — two sacred things for me because anyone who lives in Olinda knows that the sacred and the profane mix, unite, and become one single thing: February.
In this series titled "February August", I use a self-portrait (selfie) to create a drawing, marking new paths, limits, and crossroads in this body-territory that carries the colors of the foundation of my orixá, popularly known as Pomba-gira. Various symbols are present in the images of the series, starting with the colors of the orixá, guides (necklaces), the trident, ebó (offering), roses, including the use of upside-down typography playing with the words 'pomba gira', as if in motion, reaffirming the territoriality of this image-body.
The red body refers to and represents the popular images of Pomba-giras known in the public markets of the city, specifically at the São José Market in the Recife neighborhood. This series is the way I found to materialize, to fulfill my obligation, made from another house: my own. My home, my body-territory. A way I found to see myself within the sacred — something that is and is part of the ancestral spirit, and that is also in the flesh (feast of the flesh, carnival), and that is mainly in the Orí (head/sacred space in Afro-Brazilian traditions). Mojubá Lebara! Pomba-gira is Mojubá! Asé.