Caminho da fé : um estudo antropológico da peregrinação ao Santuário de Divina Pastora/SE

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Cristiane Batista dos
• Orientador(a): Ramalho, Cristiano Wellington Noberto
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Antropologia
• Palavras-chave em Português: Antropologia; Religião; Peregrinos e peregrinações; Peregrinos e peregrinações cristãs; Santuários; Santuários cristãos; Fé
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Anthropology; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Christian shrines; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Religion; Shrines
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::ANTROPOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3175

The present dissertation has as object of study the pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Divina Pastora, which happens in the city with name similar to the Saint, located in the state of Sergipe. Had as goal analyze, through ethnographic study, the ritualistic and symbolic dimensions of this religious event, observing it as a ritual process, highlighting certain aspects of the system of representations, beliefs, values and ideas expressed not only through words but mainly through ritual actions performed by pilgrims. During the fieldwork, the achievement of direct observation and interviews allowed to reach an insertion densest at the practices and representations experienced by pilgrims. Thus, was possible to understand the motivations that prompted the devotees to leave in walk to meet their patron saint and the meanings attributed to their devotional act. For analysis of the rituals was used as reference the studies of Victor Turner.