Tracing Yoruba heritage in Brazil through olfactory landscapes : a sensory approach to cultural heritage

Rodrigues, Bruno C. L. (avtor), Queiroz, Luana P. (avtor), Fleming, Bernardo (avtor), Vieira, Noemi J. (avtor), Ribeiro, Ronilda Iyakemi (avtor), Caldas, Alcides S. (avtor), Leblebici, Mumin Enis (avtor), Strlič, Matija (avtor), Nogueira, Idelfonso B. R. (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: olfactory heritage, sensory analysis, Yoruba, Afro-Brazilian culture, aromas
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FKKT - Fakulteta za kemijo in kemijsko tehnologijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: 39 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 8, iss. 11, art. 457
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-175629
• UDK: 543.92:7.025:159.933
• ISSN pri članku: 2571-9408
• DOI: 10.3390/heritage8110457
• COBISS.SI-ID: 255747075
• Datum objave v RUL: 06.11.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Heritage
• Skrajšan naslov: Heritage
• Založnik: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2571-9408
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1538164675

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: vohalna dediščina, senzorična analiza, joruba, afro-brazilska kultura, arome

Projekti

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Naslov: SCENTINEL

• Financer: Research Council of Norway
• Številka projekta: 351190