A semana Santa em Cachoeira/Ba: documentação dos ritos e do acervo imagético usado pelos Terceiros Carmelitas

Abstract

This work deals with the practices performed by the Third Order of Carmo de Cachoeira / BA, during the celebration of Holy Week, as well as a documentary and iconographic analysis of the collection of images used in these celebrations. The Holy Week in Cachoeira represents one of the greatest Catholic traditions since colonial times, moving the faithful community the images of Our Lady of Sorrows and Senhor dos Passos. The main objective is to identify and document the celebrations and the image collection composed of panels and processional sculptures. The methodology applied in this work was made through the empirical observation in missas and processions, in the bibliographic survey to describe the contexts, meanings and singularities of these rites and the use of the Museological Documentation and the Iconography for the realization of the documentary records. Therefore, the present monographic work wishes to understand the relevance and symbolism of this religious event, since the information acquired is fundamental for the recording of memory.