About Ilhabela's Congada: wine and flour
Director Eduardo Kishimoto
Countries Brazil
Duration 26 min
Synopsis
During the days in which Congada is presented, Ilhabela's black community offers an Afro Catholic Mass (mixture of candomble and catholic liturgies) and the Ucharia - a free meal served to the congueiros and the devotees of black Saint Benedict. In a 1526 letter, Dom Afonso I, king of Congo, asks Dom João III, king of Portugal, to send only wine and flour to their masses, and nothing else.
During the days in which Congada is presented, Ilhabela's black community offers an Afro Catholic Mass (mixture of candomble and catholic liturgies) and the Ucharia - a free meal served to the congueiros and the devotees of black Saint Benedict. In a 1526 letter, Dom Afonso I, king of Congo, asks Dom João III, king of Portugal, to send only wine and flour to their masses, and nothing else.