Maranhão Bumba Meu Boi cultural complex
Indigenous Americas Umbrella tradition
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Maranhão Bumba Meu Boi cultural complex is cataloged as an Umbrella tradition within Indigenous Americas. Its candidate country context is “Brazil” and its period or origin is “18th century–present.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Afro-Indigenous and popular Catholic traditions of Maranhão.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Bumba Meu Boi; Boi-Bumbá of Maranhão
- Parent tradition
- Afro-Indigenous and popular Catholic traditions of Maranhão
- Public geographic context
- Brazil
- Period / origin
- 18th century–present
- Living / historical status
- Living multi-community festival complex
- Access / protocol
- Open / public
- Evidence status
- Cluster-level source
Geography
CandidateBrazil
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
A citation identifies a source to consult; it does not establish every claim in this record.
Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Maranhão Bumba Meu Boi cultural complex. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1909. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1909
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