The heritage council approved federal listing for Ilê Axé Iyá Nassô Oká, known as Terreiro da Casa Branca, in Salvador. The decision followed a divisive debate over whether an Afro-Brazilian sacred landscape belonged within a heritage system built largely around churches, palaces, and elite monuments. Terreiro leaders, scholars, and allies insisted that a living religious community and its sacred trees and spaces were integral to the site. The approval is widely treated as a landmark in recognition of Afro-Brazilian religious heritage; the council vote date is distinct from later administrative publication and registration steps.
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Why was Casa Branca’s 1984 heritage decision a landmark?
The council approved listing for a living terreiro and sacred landscape, challenging prior heritage hierarchies.
The Casa Branca council decision recognized an Afro-Brazilian sacred site within the heritage system.
The 1984 approval became a landmark in federal recognition of terreiro heritage.