A importância da Festa do Rosário para cultura pombalense (Pombal - PB, Séculos XVIII- XXI).

Abstract

The Festa do Rosário is a centuries-old festival that takes place every year in the city of Pombal, representing a true manifestation of faith and devotion to the Virgin of the Rosary. This event is not just a Catholic religious festival, as it mixes elements of Afro-descendant culture. After the masses held during the novenas nights, the main attraction of the festival takes place: performances by the city's folkloric groups. Namely: the congos, the pontoons, and the reisados. This research seeks to analyze the construction of the Festa de Nossa Senhora do Rosário in Pombal, a city in the State of Paraíba, as a cultural, social and religious event, based on its richness and folkloric diversity of African origins. To this end, it will rely on the large body of production on the Rosary festival: Araújo, (1998, 1999, 2010, 2020, 2021), Ferreira (2014) and Figueiredo (2014). Furthermore, we seek to understand the formation of the Irmandade do Rosário and present the folklore groups mentioned, focusing on religious syncretism, using the concepts of identity (ORTIZ, 1994) and representation (CHARTIER, 1991) as theoretical support.