“Batida” pra elas, cachaça pra eles: o ritual de beberagem na festa de todos os santos na comunidade quilombola de Jurussaca em Tracuateua/PA

Abstract

This article analyzes the brew ritual on the feast of all saints in the quilombo of Jurussaca in Tracuateua / PA. Reflecting on this practice, where the brew ritual, considered not sacred wins religious characteristics embroiled the party as a constitutive element of a body shaped by popular Catholicism. And discoursing about these traditional dichotomies between sacred and profane, it is proposed to observe and reflect on the concoctions observed within the party that takes place every year in that community. For the research semistructured interviews and participant observation were used. Understanding the elements highlighted in the speech of residents Jurussaca community about their religious traditions linked to community life leads us to the constant reworkings that popular Catholicism has suffered in his experience, whether in daily life or in ritual time of holidays.