A Oca é a casa do Curandeiro
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"A Oca é a casa do curandeiro" evokes a landscape of healing and resistance. The Oca, ancestral dwelling of Brazil’s Indigenous peoples, is symbolically linked to Omolú, the Yoruba orixá of health and disease. Omolú embodies the balance between illness and cure, evoking rituals of purification. His straw-covered figure, mirrored in the Oca, recalls protective traditions practiced in Quilombos—communities of escaped enslaved people who allied with Indigenous groups.
References to copaíba (a healing tree), the coral snake (symbol of protective herbs), and guaraná (Tupi for “fruit that looks like eyes”) infuse the work with ancestral knowledge. The result is a vibrant composition honoring Afro-Indigenous resilience, spiritual care, and the vital power of memory.Try it!
