PINTO AND CANTO BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE: THE MARABAIXO OF MYRTLE WEDNESDAY ENGRAVED ON METAL AND WRITTEN ON PAPER

Abstract

During Marabaixo, neither the sacred nor the profane, nor
the limits that separate them, are always easily understood or accepted
by those who are unaware of the different moments that constitute this
Brazilian Intangible Cultural Heritage. In this context, this work aims
to investigate this issue by examining some examples found in a
journalistic chronicle and in a picture engraved on metal that coincide
in the representation of one of these moments: The Myrtle Wednesday.
The analysis was carried out from the comparison between these two
works in the light of a brief bibliographic review of the Marabaixo, the
sacred and the profane. It was found that although the sculptor seems
to have engraved only the most sacred side of the Myrtle Wednesday
and the writer to have narrated just the most profane elements of it,
both merged these two aspects in their respective works. Based on this
observation, therefore, it can be said that, as well as it usually happens
during Marabaixo, these works also present the sacred and the profane
harmoniously sharing the same spaces on Myrtle Wednesday.
Keywords: Marabaixo; Myrtle Wednesday; Sacred; Profane.