The Party Inside the Party: The festive model of the “bregueiro circuit” within the Círio de Nazaré Festival in Belém do Pará

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https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v7i2.7441

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modelo festivo, circuito bregueiro, Círio de Nazaré, prática festiva, sociabilidade

Abstract

Considering the way by which Círio de Nazaré presents itself nowadays, at the height of the annual festive calendar in Belém do Pará (Brazil), it is remarkable to see the combined presence of a festive model historically and spatially materialized in town since the 80’s: the brega feasts circuit. Linking entrepreneurial initiative (the owners of clubs and machine-sound enterprises) to the festive and leisure ambiance in the outskirts of town, the brega feasts circuit is present surrounding or reaching the core of the great religious event. This article is intended to discuss the modes by which the "brega feasts" have matched up the dynamics of Nazaré Festival, considering its physical and symbolic scope in town. The departure point is that the festive experience absorbed by attendants to the bregueiro circuit is connected to the festive practice of great urban events, reinventing the meaning of the typical way of public celebration in Belém.

Author Biography

Antonio Maurício Dias da Costa, UFPA

Doutor em Antropologia Social pela Universidade de São Paulo, membro do Núcleo de Antropologia Urbana da USP eprofessor do Departamento de História da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)

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Dias da Costa, A. M. (2006). The Party Inside the Party: The festive model of the “bregueiro circuit” within the Círio de Nazaré Festival in Belém do Pará. Campos - Revista De Antropologia, 7(2), 83–100. https://doi.org/10.5380/cam.v7i2.7441

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Vol. 7 (2006)

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