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      Materiality, affection, personhood: on sacrifice in the worship of the goddess Kali in Guyana Translated title: Materialidade, afetação e pessoalidade: sobre o sacrifício no culto à deusa Kali na Guiana

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          Abstract This paper describes the ritual procedures associated with animal sacrifice in the worship of the Hindu goddess Kali in Guyana, formerly British Guiana. Animal sacrifice is explored through questions relating to materiality, personhood and the mutual permeability of persons and objects. The aim is to advance an interpretation based on native conceptions regarding the potential effects of the exchange and circulation of substances between devotees of the goddess Kali, Hindu deities, and ritual artefacts.

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          Resumo O texto descreve procedimentos rituais associados ao sacrifício de animais no culto à deusa hindu Kali na Guiana, antiga Guiana Inglesa. O sacrifício de animais é pensado à luz de questões relativas à materialidade, a pessoalidade e à permeabilidade de pessoas e objetos umas às outras. Busca-se avançar uma interpretação centrada nas concepções nativas sobre os potenciais efeitos da troca e da circulação de substâncias entre devotos da deusa Kali, divindades hindus. e artefatos rituais.

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                Journal
                vb
                Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
                Vibrant, Virtual Braz. Anthr.
                Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA) (Brasília, DF, Brazil )
                1809-4341
                2020
                : 17
                : e17506
                Affiliations
                [1] Salvador Bahia orgnameUniversidade Federal da Bahia orgdiv1Departamento de Antropologia e Etnologia Brazil
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                S1809-43412020000100506 S1809-4341(20)01700000506
                10.1590/1809-43412020v17d506
                7aa71f0a-7838-4e2d-96c5-a5cfa6866fbd

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 23 September 2019
                : 07 January 2020
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                Dossier Caribbean Routes: Ethnographic Experiences, Theoretical Challenges, and the Production of Knowledge - Presentation

                Sacrifice,Sacrifício,Personhood,Materiality,Guyana,Worship of the goddess Kali,Culto à Kali,Pessoalidade,Materialidade,Guiana

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