Banca de DEFESA: CLAUDIA REGINA TAVARES DO NASCIMENTO

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STUDENT : CLAUDIA REGINA TAVARES DO NASCIMENTO
DATE: 30/06/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Google meet
TITLE:

WALKING I GO TO CANINDÉ: PILGRIMAGES IN HONOR OF SAINT FRANCISCO DAS CHAGAS

KEY WORDS:

Popular Religiosity. Pilgrimages. Saint Francis of the Wounds. Cultural geography. Sacred Space. Canindé.

PAGES: 183
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Geografia
SUMMARY:

Popular religiosity in Brazil is expressed through religious festivals and pilgrimages in honor of patron saints, revealing practices that go beyond the strictly religious sphere and take on cultural, social, and territorial dimensions. In this context, the present dissertation aims to analyze the pilgrimages held during the festivities in honor of Saint Francis of the Wounds (São Francisco das Chagas), in the city of Canindé, Ceará, through the lens of cultural geography. The choice of Canindé is justified by its importance as the second largest pilgrimage center in the Brazilian Northeast, attracting thousands of pilgrims and visitors, which temporarily transforms the physical, social, and economic configuration of the city. This research adopts a qualitative approach, with a phenomenological orientation, seeking to understand how individuals experience and give meaning to the journey and the religious celebrations. The spatial scope focuses on the route between Fortaleza and Canindé, covering approximately 130 kilometers, with an emphasis on the experiences of those who make the pilgrimage on foot. The time frame corresponds to the festivities of Saint Francis of the Wounds, held between September 24 and October 4, in the years 2023 and 2024. The analysis is grounded in core concepts of cultural geography, such as lived space, place, and landscape, which allow for an understanding of how sacred spaces are constructed and experienced through devotional practices. Furthermore, the discussion on religiosity is enriched by the concepts of the sacred, the profane, and hierophany, contributing to the interpretation of the symbolic dynamics that permeate the festivities. Pilgrimages, in this sense, are configured as spatial practices of faith, identity, and belonging, continuously re-signified by the individuals involved. The investigation revealed that the journey of the Canindé pilgrims, analyzed throughout this dissertation, emerges as a phenomenon of strong symbolic density, where lived space is produced by faith, memory, and interpersonal relationships. It is a sacred practice inscribed in bodies, landscapes, and relationships, rooted in Brazilian popular culture, as a symbolic rite of passage in which the external journey mirrors the internal movement of spiritual transformation.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 6350736 - EUGENIA MARIA DANTAS
Interno - 1486670 - CELSO DONIZETE LOCATEL
Interno - 3060741 - HUGO ARRUDA DE MORAIS
Externa à Instituição - EVANEIDE MARIA DE MELO - IFRN
Externa à Instituição - MARIA BETÂNIA RIBEIRO TORRES - UERN