“Um santo só de passagem”...: festa e performance numa comunidade amazônica

Abstract

The Festa do Divino Espírito Santo, linked to the catholic religion, occurs in the city of Castanhal in agrovila of Macapazinho / PA. Before the feast of Pentecost the "Holy" travels eleven communities in which they are held processions, litanies and banquets. In this research, I traveled all the way to the "Divine" done in order to understand, from, optics ethnographic OLIVEIRA (2000) the dynamics of party making intersections between field research and dialogical character of the performance. It is noteworthy that the party wanders through other fields, in this case, literature Amazon by authors such as Inglês de Sousa, Dalcídio Jurandir and Bruno de Menezes, beyond their own narratives of devotees communities. In visits by history scholars gather as Napoleão Figueiredo, Anaiza Vergoíno, Arthur Vianna and Vincent Salles to build the scenario paraense the Feast of the Divine. Finally, the story of the Divine in Macapazinho is told, with the motto of the pilgrimage "Holy", discussed, starting, of performance studies. With this history, literature and performance are visited by "A 'Holy' only in passing.