Nos passos tão longos de pedra e areia: peregrinação e ritual ao túmulo de padre Cícero Romão, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará

Abstract

This text deals with ethnography of the group of eight pilgrims from Alagoas who make the pilgrimage and visit the tomb of Fr. Cícero Romão Batista, on the July 20 pilgrimage, the pilgrimage that marks his death. From the theoretical, methodological and ethnographic aspects, the research investigates the pilgrimage, the motivations, the whys, the memory / orality and the steps of this group of eight, from an anthropological perspective within the analysis of the ritual process. Within the investigation, we analyze the following themes: historical considerations about Juazeiro do Norte, Fr. Cícero Romão Batista and the protagonism of the first pilgrims, the group of eight and their life history - protagonism, the ritual of pilgrimage (Liminaridade) and ―Communitas‖ - ―Father Cicero is more alive than ever‖, but how? Cultural Heritage of Juazeiro - from Immateriality to Materiality the elements, objects, knowledge and doings of the Alagoas pilgrim, elements that complement each other, the corporeality of the Alagoas pilgrim.