O cruzeiro e suas histórias cruzadas: devoções e experiências entre a umbanda e o catolicismo em Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This master’s degree dissertation aims to make a historical and socio-anthropological analysis of the Religious Cross from their first indications in the “Caminho Novo”, in the proximities of the Town of Santo Antônio do Paraybuna, the contemporary city of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. In a long tempory period, which goes from the XVIII century until the current days, the Catholic and the Umbanda religiosities were examined in the prescribed and practiced scope, as well as their practices, rituals and the followers and priests’ exchanging glances involved in these religions. The Umbanda’s rituals evidence in the Religious Cross and its relationship with some of popular Catholicism were analyzed though field study that dealt pictures and interviews with Catholics and Umbanda followers.