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O culto português ao “Divino Espírito Santo” é, nas ilhas portuguesas atlânticas, uma realidade ancestral que assumiu contornos específicos, consoante as vivências das populações. Nos territórios madeirenses, da Páscoa ao Pentecostes, saem à rua as “visitas do Espírito Santo”. Indo de casa em casa das famílias que abrem a porta, vão as insígnias representativas da Terceira Pessoa da Santíssima Trindade: o Espírito Santo. Em quase todos os locais, há umas meninas trajadas de modo particular e diverso, segundo os locais, que levam, obrigatoriamente, um cesto. O grupo pode incluir músicos que revestem, com frequência, o vestuário do quotidiano, opondo-se aos restantes elementos que trajam de um modo identificador. Deste conjunto, no presente caso, importa destacar as meninas designadas por todos os falantes como “saloias”. Tem-se desenvolvido investigação relativa a esta manifestação patrimonial que, até ao momento, se considera especificamente madeirense. A pesquisa, sobretudo do domínio do Património Linguístico, mas também do Património Cultural Imaterial, tem versado sobre a origem do termo “saloia” e a procura de uma explicação para o vocábulo, inesperadamente, estar relacionado com as visitas pascais do Espírito Santo. Neste trabalho, visando o aprofundamento da definição do conceito regional, pretende-se abordar a função das “saloias”. Colocam-se as seguintes questões: Que função desempenham as “saloias” nas “visitas do Espírito Santo” nas localidades do arquipélago, no século XXI? Serão apenas “cantoras”? Por que razão ter crianças com vozes, por vezes, extremamente agudas e pouco harmoniosas, a cantar, quando, como para os músicos, se poderiam conseguir adultos que cantassem? Terão elas assumido “desde sempre” a tarefa de cantar? Na fase de pesquisa, é possível concluir que a função primeira das “saloias” não seria, propriamente, a de cantoras. É o que se pretende demonstrar.
The Portuguese cult of the “Divino Espírito Santo” is , in the Portuguese Atlantic islands, an ancestral reality that assumed specific contours, depending on the experiences of the populations. In the Madeiran territories, from Easter to Pentecost, the “visits of the Holy Spirit” take place to the streets of the localities. Going from house to house of the families that open the door, there are the insignia representing the Third Person of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit. In almost all places, there are girls dressed in a diverse and specific way, according to the locals, but they obligatorily take a basket with her. The group may include musicians who often wear their everyday clothing, opposing the remaining elements that they wear in an identifiable way. From this set, in the present case, it is important to highlight the girls designated by all the speakers as “saloias”. In the present moment of the developed research, this patrimonial manifestation has been considered specifically Madeiran. The research, especially in the field of Linguistic Patrimony, but also of Intangible Cultural Heritage, has been about the origin of the term “saloia” and the search for an explanation for the word, unexpectedly to be related to the Easter visits of the Holy Spirit in the archipelago. In this work, aiming to deepen the definition of the concept with regional, it is intended to address the role of “saloias”. The following questions deserved an answer: What role do “saloias” play in the “visits of the Holy Spirit” in the archipelago in the twenty-first century? Are they just “singers”? Why this tradition had children with sometimes extremely sharp and unmixed voices singing, when, as for musicians, the singers could be adults? Have they “always” assumed the task of singing? In the research phase in which this research is to define the concept of “saloia”, it is possible to conclude that the first function of the “saloias” would not properly be that of singers. This is what we want to show.
The Portuguese cult of the “Divino Espírito Santo” is , in the Portuguese Atlantic islands, an ancestral reality that assumed specific contours, depending on the experiences of the populations. In the Madeiran territories, from Easter to Pentecost, the “visits of the Holy Spirit” take place to the streets of the localities. Going from house to house of the families that open the door, there are the insignia representing the Third Person of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit. In almost all places, there are girls dressed in a diverse and specific way, according to the locals, but they obligatorily take a basket with her. The group may include musicians who often wear their everyday clothing, opposing the remaining elements that they wear in an identifiable way. From this set, in the present case, it is important to highlight the girls designated by all the speakers as “saloias”. In the present moment of the developed research, this patrimonial manifestation has been considered specifically Madeiran. The research, especially in the field of Linguistic Patrimony, but also of Intangible Cultural Heritage, has been about the origin of the term “saloia” and the search for an explanation for the word, unexpectedly to be related to the Easter visits of the Holy Spirit in the archipelago. In this work, aiming to deepen the definition of the concept with regional, it is intended to address the role of “saloias”. The following questions deserved an answer: What role do “saloias” play in the “visits of the Holy Spirit” in the archipelago in the twenty-first century? Are they just “singers”? Why this tradition had children with sometimes extremely sharp and unmixed voices singing, when, as for musicians, the singers could be adults? Have they “always” assumed the task of singing? In the research phase in which this research is to define the concept of “saloia”, it is possible to conclude that the first function of the “saloias” would not properly be that of singers. This is what we want to show.
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Arquipélago da Madeira (Portugal) Festividade do “Divino Espírito Santo” Saloias do Espírito Santo Património linguístico Património cultural imaterial Archipelago of Madeira (Portugal) Festivity of the Divine Holy Spirit Saloias of the Holy Spirit Linguistic patrimony Intangible cultural heritage . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
Citation
Rebelo, H. (2019). Contributo para a definição de “saloia” no âmbito do património linguístico: função das “saloias” na festividade do espírito santo no Arquipélago da Madeira in CHAVES, Duarte Nuno (coord.), Memória e identidade insular: religiosidade, festividades e turismo nos Arquipélagos da Madeira e Açores, 239-248.
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CHAM – Centro de Humanidades | Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e Universidade dos Açores