“YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, OF ENCHANTING BEAUTY. / NO SIN HAS IMPOVERISHED YOUR PLANS": OUR LADY OF GRACES FESTIVAL GRACES: IDENTITIES AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF ATODI INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN SANTARÉM-PA
Atodi village. Ethnogenesis. Religious festival. Indigenous
The present study is entitled: “You are beautiful, of enchanting beauty. impoverished your plans": Our Lady of Grace Festival: Identities and Knowledge in the Atodi Indigenous Community in Santarém-PA”. This research aims to discuss how identities and knowledge are expressed in the festival of Our Lady of Grace. In order to a better understanding of the phenomenon being researched, it is necessary to study the process of ethnogenesis, as this is directly linked to the process of formation and transformation of indigenous of indigenous identities that occur over time. Therefore, in order to investigate the identities and knowledge of the Atodi village in the Festival of Our Lady of Grace, it is fundamental to emphasize that that this research is suitable for qualitative research with ethnographic elements. ethnographic elements. To this end, field/participatory observation and oral history collection will also be used. and oral history collection. It is important to emphasize that this oral history collection research the voices of those involved in the festivities. Regarding the continuity and finalization of the research, it should be noted that I sought to delimit the elements that made it possible to construct the problematic this dissertation, in an interdisciplinary dialog involving social theory, based mainly on the fields of history and mainly in the fields of history and anthropology. The research is focused on the elaboration of arguments, a bibliographical review of the region's library collection, which talks about the history of the Atodi people and the religious influence and festivities of Our Lady of Grace. Considering the possible defense by November or December 2024, this first evaluation carried out by the will present possible revisions, corrections and suggestions to help finalize the dissertation. the dissertation. With this, the completion of the fieldwork will seek greater the village's activities, such as culture, tradition and religion.