"Ele enviou a sua palavra e os livrou da morte”: as práticas de cura das rezadeiras em Lavras da Mangabeira-CE 1960-2020.

Abstract

The present work intends to make a study on the permanence of the activity performed by the mourners in the city of Lavras da Mangabeira, CE between the years 1960-2020. In order to dialogue the study with the historiography of cultural history, we interacted with the authors Barros (2003) and Certeau (1982). As a basis for specific studies on bereaved we take the studies Araújo (2011) and Menezes (2016) and Santos (2019) as nuclei. To understand the history of these prayers, we used the oral history procedures as a research methodology. Using a semi-structured questionnaire script, recording sessions were held with oral experiences by the prayer Francisco Eudes de Oliveira and the prayers Maria do Socorro Moura de Oliveira, Helena Vitoriana da Silva, Maria da Conceição Gonçalves Murici Chaves. We also interviewed Professor Maria do Socorro Almeida da Silva, for reports on the city. Finally, we interviewed the prayers and faithful of the practice Edileuda Alves Ferreira. With this methodology, we intend to enable the production of a historicity about ordinary individuals, which enable the continuity of certain social practices. Thus, we find ourselves from the perspective of studies of cultural history, popular religiosity, local history and the imaginary.