ABSTRACT
The article is part of the Master Dissertation, developed in the Postgraduate Program in Anthropology-PPGANT of the Federal University of Piauí-UFPI, entitled Ropa de santo: identity markers of religions of African matrix. It had as empirical field the Ilè Asé Oloomi Wura and Ilè Oyá Tade. It aims to show the importance and meaning of the ritual vestments for the practitioners of these services and for society in general. We used a field book, participant observation, collection of photographic and filmic images, as well as an exhibition composed of 20 dolls/parents with the robes of the sixteen most worshiped or is has in Brazil and four other families of priest, Bahian, men’s clothing and feminine. We base the work with theorists such as: Cidreira (2015); Damatta (1987); Prandi (2001); Santos, (2012); Santos (2010); Souza (2007), among others. The results indicate that these robes are markers of identity for practitioners of these cults and are triggering religious intolerance and racism.
