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Our Lady of the Navigators: when images and people make a pilgrimage on the waters

Research group: Practices and Politics of Culture


Keywords

Fishermen | Religious festival | Intangible heritage

Funding Institution

Direção Regional de Cultura do Algarve

Partners

Associação de Moradores da Ilha da Culatra

State

Closed

Start date

01-06-2018

End date

30-06-2019

Reference

OPP20179


Abstract

This project aims to proposing the "Feast of our Lady of navigators", Culatra, Algarve, as Intangible Heritage to DGPA (Algarve General Direction of Heritage and Culture). Being the festivity property of the community, the investigation is developed within the framework of the Association of residents of the island of Culatra. In addition to the fieldwork, the Feast of Our Lady of Navigators, will also place a photo exhibition, a short documentary, a book and make a Local Interpretation Centre, with the acquis constituted during the investigation. The project (# 607) was approved by the programme Participatory Budget of Portugal (OPP), 2017 and is financed by it.

Team

Carla Almeida (IR)

José Julião

PhD students Full members

Mariela F. da Silveira