20.500.12556/RUL-175629 Tracing Yoruba heritage in Brazil through olfactory landscapes a sensory approach to cultural heritage This study explores the role of olfaction in linking Brazilian cultural expressions with Yoruba heritages. Brazilian culture is deeply rooted in African traditions brought across the Atlantic, and this connection is evident in its foods, celebrations, and practices. Through a multidisciplinary approach combining bibliometric and historic review, fieldwork, and sensory analysis, the research reveals how distinct aromas, ranging from the scent of aromatic plants used in celebrations to culinary ingredients, act as olfactory markers of identity and collective memory in the state of Bahia and in a religious community in São Paulo. Historically, the transatlantic slave trade brought Yoruba peoples to Brazil, embedding their traditions deeply into the region’s cultural and everyday life. By documenting the shared olfactory elements between Bahian festivals such as the Lavagem do Bonfim and the practices observed within Yoruba-based cultural expressions in the Oduduwa Temple in São Paulo, the study underscores the significance of olfactory heritage to Afro-Brazilian culture and calls for greater scholarly attention to it. Recognizing smell as a dynamic conduit for history and emotion offers new insights into the survival and evolution of cultural traditions, urging further transdisciplinary research into the sensory narratives that shape our collective identities. olfactory heritage sensory analysis Yoruba Afro-Brazilian culture aromas vohalna dediščina senzorična analiza joruba afro-brazilska kultura arome true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-11-06 12:25:06 2025-11-06 12:25:07 2025-12-13 03:53:21 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 39 str. iss. 11, art. 457 Vol. 8 Nov. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 543.92:7.025:159.933 2571-9408 10.3390/heritage8110457 255747075 RAZ_Rodrigues_Bruno_C._L._2025.pdf RAZ_Rodrigues_Bruno_C._L._2025.pdf 1 F52D3053E992BE5AF827B1C5578143B2 ffc14f06767534e302e415659b97e927acc43075612f3b573ce82a6018ade0b1 e7da61d5-bb04-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221468 https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/8/11/457 1 f2ab8f19-bb02-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221465 Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo 0 0 0