Festa de Nossa Senhora do Rosário: sujeitos, memórias e experiências, Delmiro Gouveia, Alagoas, 1989–2021

Abstract

This research discusses the memories of the festivities of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, in Delmiro Gouveia, between the years 1989 and 2021. Temporal delimitation started with the arrival of three priests to the parish, with that, a new pastoral division occurs, above all, from 1994 on wards, the parishes of Piranhas and Olho d'Água do Casado were created, later in 2003, the parish of the district of Barragem Leste. Cutting extended to 2021, when the seventy years of creation of the parish of Nossa Senhora do Rosário are celebrated. We start from the assumption that there are changes in the celebrations and in the Catholic religious experience, with there organization of the festival after the formation of these parishes and the more Constant presence of a priest, with the expansion of the celebrations of the patron saint amidst the transformations that occurred in the society. The objective of there search is the historical understand in gof the festivities as a mark of collective memory, observing the senses and practices evoked, in order to reflect on the social and cultural experiences, from this feast in the midst of the transformations that have occurred. We will problematize the memories and identities that are established in the spatial plane, generated in the participation in the festivities, in order to understand the formation of the local historical identity, the devotions, social and cultural practices in delmirense society, reflecting on the Idea of belonging of the community with the festivities. We used the or is tssuch as Maurice Halbwachs (Collective memories), Joel Candau (Identity-generating memory), Michael Pollak (Memory, oblivion and silence), Mauro Passos. Wewill dialogue with the oral sources, that is, the report and the experiences of the subjects, as well as with the written sources produced by the parish, memorialists, parish books, in addition to photographs.