Turismo e tradição: olhares revelados pela procissão do fogaréu na cidade de Goiás

Abstract

The present work is an intention to (re)discuss, on a first moment, the absolute" concept of Invented Tradition, using other understandings and interpretations about Tradition, aiming to make an analogy between the theory of Marcel Mauss (1974) In: Ensaio Sobre a Dádiva (The Assay about the Gift), with the Fogaréu Procession, identifying the Holly Week as a Christian Tradition. On a second moment, I present the historical trajectory of the Holly Week, to, after that, analyze the paths traced by the Fogaréu Procession until its arrival at the City of Goiás, with a special approach to the meaning of the fire , main symbolic element of the Procession. I still present how traditions, in special the religious ones, are maintained by the OVAT Organização Vilaboense de Artes e Tradição (a local Organization for arts and tradition). And, finally, I annalize two tourist points of view over the Fogaréu Procession. First, within a perspective related to the Cultural Tourism, and later, to the Religious Tourism. The final objective is to demonstrate the relation between the maintenance of traditions using the tourist activity.