Subsídios para um estudo de métodos de gestão das actividades agrícolas com recurso às crenças mágico-religiosas: estudo de caso na barra de Limpopo - sudoeste da provincia de Gaza

Abstract

This work identifies the mechanisms adopted by the population of Barra do Limpopo in the management of magic-religious agriculture. The first chapter addresses the local economy in the context of colonial policy. The impact of the capitalist economy on the local economy, especially migratory work, changed local socio-cultural patterns. Cash crops reduced the subsistence capacities of the household economy and placed a burden on women. The second focuses on the role of traditional power and religious institutions in the execution of rites and in agricultural management whose legitimacy is conferred by the ancestors. The third reflects the problematic of the study. It identifies different rites observed in agriculture as ways of population response against natural phenomena (lack of rain, pests, etc.) to ensure good production. The fourth contextualizes dominant cultural patterns. It presents the ancestors as the source of life. The beliefs shared to explain the origins of bad events, behavior and laws are observed as local cultural values. The fifth chapter concludes that these beliefs persist as attitudes inserted in the context of local cultural values, whose social function is to contribute to reducing fears of the future and of death, regardless of their validity (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)