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An anthropological study of the Festas Nicolinas in Guimarães

Principal researcher: Jean-Yves Durand

Research group: Livelihoods, Politics and Inequalities


Keywords

Guimarães | Festas Nicolinas | Rituals | Identity | Cultural dynamics

Funding Institution

Município de Guimarães

State

Closed

Start date

01-12-2011

End date

31-12-2019


Abstract

A thorough ethnographic approach of the Festas Nicolinas (Guimarães, Portugal), a centuries-old yearly festival dedicated to Saint Nicholas and organized in early December by high-school students, allows for a reappraisal of the dynamics that affect certain festive rituals in the present context of institution of culture.

Team

Clara Saraiva

Full members

Manuela Ivone Cunha

Maria João Nunes