Ponto riscado

A drawn point of call.

Also known as: Drawn point

CulturalReligiousQuiet profile

Meanings

The Afro-Brazilian ritual drawing traced to call and identify a spiritual entity.

Culturally establishedTradition
Is traced in Candomblé and Umbanda practice to call and identify a spiritual entity.
Contexts: History, Religion
Culturally establishedTradition
Held within the traditions to be effective in the drawing of it rather than in the finished figure, so the act and not the image is the practice — which is why reproductions outside the rite are not held to be the same thing.
Contexts: History, Religion
Culturally establishedTradition
Some designs are restricted to initiates; the record states that such designs exist and does not reproduce or describe them.
Contexts: History, Religion

Visual description

A figure of lines, crosses, arrows and stars traced with chalk on the ground or on a board, each entity having its own design.

A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The symbols of religious and spiritual traditions
Religious-studies scholarship and the traditions' own published accounts · retrieved 2026-08-27
Cited for the identity of a symbol and for the account a tradition gives of it, attributed to that tradition. Never cited for the truth of any religious claim. Where a symbol is sacred, restricted or contested, the record says so and does not reproduce restricted material.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

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Meanings

The Afro-Brazilian ritual drawing traced to call and identify a spiritual entity.

Culturally establishedTradition

Is traced in Candomblé and Umbanda practice to call and identify a spiritual entity.

Contexts: History, Religion

Culturally establishedTradition

Held within the traditions to be effective in the drawing of it rather than in the finished figure, so the act and not the image is the practice — which is why reproductions outside the rite are not held to be the same thing.

Contexts: History, Religion

Culturally establishedTradition

Some designs are restricted to initiates; the record states that such designs exist and does not reproduce or describe them.

Contexts: History, Religion

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but early or supporting evidence is limited, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The symbols of religious and spiritual traditions
Religious-studies scholarship and the traditions' own published accounts · retrieved 2026-08-27
Cited for the identity of a symbol and for the account a tradition gives of it, attributed to that tradition. Never cited for the truth of any religious claim. Where a symbol is sacred, restricted or contested, the record says so and does not reproduce restricted material.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27