Memory and identity around the religious feasts of the Rural Community of the Sítio Serra da Minguiriba, Crato-Ceará.
Memory. Identity. Cultural manifestations . Minguiriba Community.
This research deals with the organization and representation of the history of the remnant of a group of Roman Catholic pilgrims sent by Father Cícero Romão Batista who settled on the Araripe plateau around 1904 and formed a community. Its general purpose is to contribute to the valorization of the memories and religious traditions of the people of Minguiriba through a survey of oral and visual records produced by the community. It proposes as specific objectives to investigate the practices of oral representation focus on community religious feasts; to identify the collection of religious practices present in local daily life, based on oral, written and visual reports of living witnesses; to register some identity aspects and to record the Minguiriba community memories in a filmed documentary as the final product of the research. This study raises the following central question: What is the collection of experiences and knowledge mobilized in the rural universe of the Minguiriba community Araripe National Forest Crato CE Brazil, regarding the manifestations presents in the traditions of religious festivals? This research is descriptive, based on bibliographical and documentary methodology. As a final result we developed an audiovisual work, under the Methodology of Oral History, using images and oral testimonies of the residents of this community about their religious festivals.