Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:48:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Joelma Cristina Gomes.pdf: 698614 bytes, checksum: c8289f0f20d0cd10dba0635727ab8220 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-12-19The objective of this paper is to show the body as an area and possibility of a religious manifestation inside the conception of the world of candomblé. The importance of the body universe, its legitimacy and alterity as a symbolic language ruled in ritual performances of candomblé: initiation, anguish and orixá dance, retaking the involvement of body inside of sacred areas. The study is ruled in a cultural anthropology that settles parameters that justify function, intention and meaning of acts and gestual behaviours. Through concepts proporti...