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[[File:Zé Pilintra Shrine.jpg|400px|thumb|Shrine to Zé Pilintra in Rio]] | |||
Zé Pelintra is invoked when his followers need help with domestic, business or financial matters and is reputed as a worker of charity and good works. | Zé Pelintra is invoked when his followers need help with domestic, business or financial matters and is reputed as a worker of charity and good works. | ||
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Perhaps most widely, he is invoked as the father of the “Brazilian way." A kind of cunning trickster figure, a master of street-smarts that the Brazilian people inherited from enslaved African that continues to help them survive discrimination and racism. | Perhaps most widely, he is invoked as the father of the “Brazilian way." A kind of cunning trickster figure, a master of street-smarts that the Brazilian people inherited from enslaved African that continues to help them survive discrimination and racism. | ||
==Distribution of believers | ==Distribution of believers== | ||
Zé Pilintra's most fervent devotees live in large urban centers, such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In the Northeast, many followers of preserve their customs and keep their stories, in a faith that goes beyond the limits of Afro-Brazilian beliefs. | Zé Pilintra's most fervent devotees live in large urban centers, such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. In the Northeast, many followers of preserve their customs and keep their stories, in a faith that goes beyond the limits of Afro-Brazilian beliefs. | ||