O dom e a inicia？？o revisitados: o dado e o feito em religi？es de matriz africana no brasil

beginning with the known opposition between that which derives from the "gift" and that which derives from "initiation" in african-oriented religions in brazil, this work aims to ethnographically demonstrate that said dualism actually conceals a triadism. the unfolding of ethnographic analysis in the article will, however, lead us to replace this triadism with a model that is simultaneously unified and multiple. in this, "participation" (in its multiple meanings) should have a place next to the "gift" and "initiation" and the three categories should be construed as updates of a single under-lying principle.