Patrimônio cultural de Trindade, Goiás : festejando o Divino Pai Eterno e as dinâmicas de participação social

Abstract

The research aims to study the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the city of Trindade, more specifically to understand the dynamics in the participation of the Trindadens and the organization of the Festa do Divino Pai Eterno, understanding it as a space for sociability and appreciation of this tradition. However, the time frame of this research will be from 2013 onwards, the date that the new highway for pilgrims was rebuilt and inaugurated until 2019. During this period, there is a significant increase in the number of faithful towards this city, due to the ease, comfort and safety in this journey of faith. and devotion, covering the distance of 18 km from the Goiânia interchange to the Basilica Sanctuary. The Festa do Divino Pai Eterno is a religious festival that takes place in the city of Trindade from the first Sunday of July of each year, being currently the second largest religious festival in Brazil in public, attracting about 2.5 million visitors in the 10 days of celebration, which is linked to their belief, which involves the tradition of religious practices and celebrations, regarding religiosity and the imagination of faith. Since the discovery of the clay medallion, around 1840, pilgrims devoted to the Divino Pai Eterno move from their cities, moved by their faith, in ox carts or even on foot towards the Basilica Sanctuary of the Divino Pai Eterno in Trindade, a place from where the faithful seek peace and meaning for life, relief from pain and give thanks for the graces received. To achieve this purpose, quantitative and qualitative research was carried out, through a bibliographic survey, articles, photographs, interviews (virtual questionnaire), document collection and participant observation on the importance of the impact of dynamics on memory and on the culture that is part of the Cultural Heritage in the process of participation and organization of the Festa do Divino Pai Eterno in the city of Trindade. As a result, despite the changes that have taken place over the years, the tradition and faith of the devotees of the city of Trindade remains. Concluding that each participating subject acts in the organization in a different way, keeping alive the great Feast of the Divine Eternal Father