Entre a festa da Nossa Senhora da Conceição e a encenação da Paixão de Cristo: desafios ao lugar do patrimônio imaterial e religioso em Pacatuba - CE

Abstract

The present work aims to discuss the place from its geographical dynamics experienced under the comparison between the parties of Nossa Senhora da Conceicao and the symbolic representation of the Passion of Christ in Pacatuba-Ceará, while symbolic reference and as comparative role of Christmas and June cycle parties. It is through the analysis of symbolic representation that the parties give to the place, we seek to understand how the spectacular party defies Pacatuba while heritage. In this sense, the study is directly connected to the Maffesoli metaphor: “the place makes the link of intangible heritage and religious”, in addition to the contributions of Ferrara, Eliade, Di Méo, Duvignaud and Canclini, and other authors working this issue. The cultural approach in geography, as well as the relevant aid other human sciences such as anthropology and sociology, allows us a required reading for understanding the spatiality of the party. To apprehend it, we held documentary research, systematic field observations, interview with organizers and representatives of the City Hall, in addition to surveys and questionnaires with both locals and visitors, were held. Thus, feature vector dynamics that influence the symbolic place, and who embodies the plot of intentionality, represented by the driving forces: Mythic / Religious, media / Ecosystem and Political / Tourism in an attempt of asset reorganization of this space. Is the challenge of reflection on the alter identity of the two parties put on the spectacle, thanks to or in spite of it, it is the research evidence.