Casa das Minas, São Luís

Querebentã de Zomadônu, the Casa das Minas, in São Luís, Maranhão, was founded in the mid-19th century by women from the kingdom of Dahomey. It worships the voduns of the Fon royal family in the Tambor de Mina tradition.

1847 CE · -2.53, -44.30 · status: account

The account

Pierre Verger argued that its founder was Nã Agotimé, a queen of Dahomey sold into slavery. The anthropologist Sérgio Ferretti studied it in 'Querebentã de Zomadônu' (1985). The founding year, about 1847, is approximate.

Connections in the atlas

• King Sebastião, the enchanted bull of Lençóis Island
• Terreiro do Gantois

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Casa das Minas