"The plants have axé": investigating the use of plants in Afro-Brazilian religions of Santa Catarina Island.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine April 25, 2020 Tiago Santos Pagnocca, Sofia Zank, Natalia Hanazaki 19 citations
Cultural and religious practices of African origin have decisively influenced traditional health practices in the Americas since the African diaspora. Plants are core elements in the religions of African origin. Compared with other parts of Brazil where the Afro-Brazilian presence is widely recognized, in Southern Brazil, these cultural practices are often socially invisible. Yet, there are...