A IRMANDADE DOS PASSOS E A FORMAÇÃO DA IDENTIDADE CULTURAL DA CIDADE DE GOIÁS.

Abstract

This research work consists in a Master s Degree Course dissertation that results from a research effort that lasted for two years, in what there was participation, obsrvation and a trial of comprehension of the object: the Irmandade do Senhor Bom Jesus dos Passos from Cidade de Goiás. This brotherhood has a cultural and creative action, that maintains the tradiont and renews its meaning. This brotherhood is one of the main factors that compounds the identity and subjectivity of the people from Cidade de Goiás. The brotherhood action is about the Quadragesima period, but stays in activity during all the Catholic Year. Its main activity are the festivities of Passos, that has its own structure, aesthetics, music and para-liturgy that focus on following Jesus steps suffering along the Via Crucis, that are performed in three processions. The symbology from the steps of Jesus Christ Passion, the elements from the devotion to these steps and its Lord are images presents in the imaginary from the people of Cidade de Goiás. This research revealed the presence of these symbols on the cultural and social manifestations, literature, visual arts, people speech, their daily inhabits and social life. The mark of religion from its brotherhood is given by its special modus operandi, that goes round this devotion and its special elements: The Brotherhood, the Church and the Saint, that are efficient in fixation of a tradition that marks itself as a culture, because it renews itself and resists against the time, without modifying the devotion.