Pequenas capelas caiçaras – símbolos de fé e espaços de devoção no litoral norte do Estado de São Paulo
Pequenas capelas caiçaras – símbolos de fé e espaços de devoção no litoral norte do Estado de São Paulo
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.3102401028
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Palavras-chave: Religião Material, Fé, Arquitetura, Devoção aos Santos
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Keywords: Material Religion , Faith, Architecture, Devotion to the Saints
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Abstract: The story of the caiçara, a resident of the north coast of the state of São Paulo, is based on everyday religious practices, through which sacred things become vivid and real, enabling a connection between the material and spiritual. The caiçara man, to mark his religiosity, built chapels, which is the home of God, the presence of faith. According to sociologist Emilé Durkheim, the temple is a sacred place, because it makes individuals aware of the collective they are part of and the history that unites them. Researcher Edin Sued Abumanssur uses the terminology of ‘Marc Augé’, where temples would be existential spaces defined as identity, relational and historical. The temple, as a ‘place’, symbolizes the relationship of individuals with themselves, with other individuals who attend the same temple and with a common history (ABUMASSUR, 2000, p.188). In this sense, the caiçara's expression of faith becomes visible and tangible in everyday religious practice. According to our proposal, reveal the importance of the religiosity of caiçara men, and link the development of the neighborhoods that make up the city of São Sebastião with the existing architecture in the various chapels on each beach/community. Caiçara chapels fascinate with their simple architecture and decoration. They were built by the Caiçara community at the turn of the century, marking a period in which the region was dominated by isolation and a subsistence economy. The caiçara families who refuse to sell their land by the sea are those who, since the emergence of the community, have been involved in the construction, ritual maintenance, cleaning and preservation of buildings. We observed that in some neighborhoods/beaches there are certain disputes between caiçara families and residents who come from other locations for various reasons. This work is an exploratory study that aims to document the memory of the Caiçara people through photographic documentation and field research. We use concepts like material religion when reading the work of Birgit Meyer, Meredith McGuire, David Morgan, and others. We conclude that religious architecture and its symbols influenced the construction of the religious identity of coastal residents.
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