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Catimbó sessions recorded by Mário de Andrade's mission
Between February and July 1938 São Paulo's Folklore Research Mission, conceived by Mário de Andrade, toured the Northeast recording music and rituals. Its material includes catimbó, the Jurema tradition in which 'mestres' and caboclo spirits are received with tobacco smoke and the jurema drink.
1938 CE · -7.12, -34.86 · status: official
The account
The team (Luiz Saia, Martin Braunwieser, Benedito Pacheco and Antônio Ladeira) worked mainly in Pernambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão and Pará; the catimbó material was later studied by Álvaro Carlini in 'Cachimbo e maracá'. Zé Pelintra, now a familiar Umbanda spirit, began as a mestre of catimbó.