Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins

Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins

This text aims to show the relationship between the religion and the landscape, based on the myth of the “Green Flags” in the imaginary of Popular Catholicism, which created and keeps the “Lord of Bonfim” pilgrimage, in Araguacema, Tocantins. We discuss the topic Religion and landscape from data o...

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Main Author: José Rodrigues de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Editora da Geografia 2014-07-01
Series:Geografares
Subjects:
symbolic landscape; sacred space; popular catholicism.
Online Access:http://periodicos.ufes.br/geografares/article/view/5843/5658
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Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins
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symbolic landscape; sacred space; popular catholicism.
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title Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins
title_short Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins
title_full Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins
title_fullStr Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins
title_full_unstemmed Symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “Green Flags” in the Pilgrimage of the “Lord of Bonfim” in Araguacema, Tocantins
title_sort symbolic landscapes: popular catholicism and the myth of the “green flags” in the pilgrimage of the “lord of bonfim” in araguacema, tocantins
publisher Editora da Geografia
series Geografares
issn 1518-2002
2175-3709
publishDate 2014-07-01
description This text aims to show the relationship between the religion and the landscape, based on the myth of the “Green Flags” in the imaginary of Popular Catholicism, which created and keeps the “Lord of Bonfim” pilgrimage, in Araguacema, Tocantins. We discuss the topic Religion and landscape from data obtained in field work in the perspective of humanistic cultural geography. The Pilgrimage’s landscape holds a number of symbols that represent a universe of meanings of popular catholicism in a game that establishes the relationship between the living area and memories, in which the images take the place of straight perceptions
topic symbolic landscape; sacred space; popular catholicism.
url http://periodicos.ufes.br/geografares/article/view/5843/5658
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