Paper short abstract:

COSTUMES OF EGÚNGÚN, ÈGBÈ ORUN AND GÈLÈDÉ IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO I present the presence of Egúngún, Ègbè Orun and Gèlèdé costumes in São Paulo used in the Ìṣẹ̀ṣe Ẹ̀sìn Òrìṣà Ìbílẹ̀ religion and industrialization of African textiles. KEYWORDS: egúngún costumes; egbe costumes; gelede costumes.

Paper long abstract:

COSTUMES OF EGÚNGÚN, ÈGBÈ ORUN AND GÈLÈDÉ IN THE CITY OF SÃO PAULO

IYORÙBÁ AFRICAN MEMORY, PERPETUATION AND LEGACY

The present work aims to present the presence of the costumes of Egúngún, Ègbè Orun and Gèlèdé in African temples settled and present in the city of São Paulo, since the production of costumes and clothing of the traditional religion iyorùbá Ìṣẹ̀ṣe Ẹ̀sìn Òrìṣà Ìbílẹ̀, dialogue and feed back on trends in the craftsmanship and industrialization of African textiles. Currently, these costumes are produced, marketed and increasingly popularized through the mythical market throughout the national territory, and in particular, in the city of São Paulo. And yet, the importance of using these costumes to carry out public rituals and festivals, dialoguing with the perpetuation of ancient African traditions and permanence beyond their lands of origin. Since fashion, the textile industry and traditional religions feed each other, the African temples present in the city of São Paulo become symbols of resistance, the fight against racism and the preservation of Iyorùbá ancestral memory. We start from the hypothesis that the act of dressing involves the simple fact of covering and protecting the body, but also providing intersectionalities that promote alterity, the rescue of black Afro-Brazilian and African identity, the valorization of their epistemes and cosmoperceptions of the world in the diaspora contemporary Brazilian.

KEYWORDS: egúngún costumes; egbe costumes; gelede costumes; black religious clothing; African fabrics.