Religiões afro-gaúchas no ensino de história : batuque, umbanda e linha cruzada

Abstract

The teaching of themes related to African culture, sometimes, ends up restricted to the period when numerous people were enslaved and brought to Brazil, however, the history of Africa does not begin and end with slavery. The African continent has a broad cultural plurality and here we propose the discussion on the inclusion of the religions of African matrix in the education, based on the Law nº 10.639, which determines the teaching of African history and culture in the school curricula. Specifically, we approach the currents of Batuque, Umbanda and Linha Cruzada, which stand out in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. This academic research, allied to the historiographic research, also sought to know the culture in loco, thus allowing the analysis of these religious currents, and also the search for a decrease in religious intolerance and, to a certain extent, racial intolerance, since both are often associated and thus even more segregated. We try to reduce the chasm between academic production and scholastic knowledge and, for this, we produce a compilation of information, where academic knowledge was taught, in the form of a paradidático manual. This publication is intended for students and teachers of elementary and secondary education, as a research tool, which we idealize to be a contributor in the training of students who are knowledgeable about the roots that form the Brazilian culture, making them agents of a generation that promotes acts against the most various forms of intolerance.