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Nettl, Bruno Sandler, Patricia Joan 2015-09-25T22:53:05Z 2015-09-25T22:53:05Z 10000-01-01 2002 2002 This dissertation describes and compares three musical-religious traditions practiced by descendents of African slaves in Sao Luis, an urban, socially stratified, and economically marginalized city in northeast Brazil. The first, Tambor de Mina, is part of a complex of African-based spirit-possession religions characterized by a unique organizational structure, ritual calendar, set of musical practices, and cosmological beliefs. The second, Cura , takes place within sacred enclosures of Tambor de Mina centers and is strongly influenced by Amazonian healing rituals (pajelanca) in which spirit-possession and participatory music-making figure prominently. The third, Tambor de Crioula, is a popular, street-based tradition, increasingly linked to tourism, and danced in honor of the black Catholic saint, Benedict the Moor. These traditions have many musical elements in common; others are particular to each. Music is a vital part of each tradition's identity and is the primary medium through which ritual action unfolds. It mediates spirit possession and human interactions and, in so doing, helps to affirm and create meaning while preserving or forging new social roles and relationships in contexts of historical continuity and change. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:53:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3070425.pdf: 15296734 bytes, checksum: 547d963371d67681231464d55468e7e1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 86990 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 391 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85709 (MiAaPQ)AAI3070425 eng Religion, General Singing With the Spirits: Musical Life in Sao Luis, Northeast Brazil text Music Music University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.