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Macumba is a Brazilian- African tradition though.
Some immigrants will probably do it, but it's not very wide spread.
Traditional Galician beliefs, myths and rituals are different though. They are a mixture from old pagan roots that survived the imposed catholicity over hundreds of years.
These myths do resolve a lot around the forces of nature, creatures living in the mountains, inside rocks, caves and under water.
Many of these have mixed up with Christian beliefs over time, it's always exciting to read and hear the magical histories, many of which do even include Xacobeu/São Tiago.
I guess I'd be called tripoeiros then, good to knowBtw. the people of Porto are called tripoeiros ~ tripe eaters~ while the Lisbons are called alfacinhas ~salad eaters~
Btw. the people of Porto are called tripoeiros ~ tripe eaters~ while the Lisbons are called alfacinhas ~salad eaters~
Parabens !It's spelled tripeiro by the way.
If anyone is interested in Galician mythology, feel free to ask me for books about it. I recently finished my master's degree at the University of Porto about the topic.
Muito obrigadaParabens !
Olá,
You are on your way and follow a call of nature, you may encounter something very strange. Off path you can find a small "altar" with candles, a bottle with some liquid, cigarettes and a cross or a doll. Maybe this never happens to you, but if, here is the answer:
People make a macumba on there. It has little to do with christianity. Mostly they make macumba to varios gods or saints for getting a love, money, health and so on. Some practioners purport to use it to inflict harm, illness etc. on other people for various reasons.
Portugal and Galicia are catholic countries. But in newspapers you will find so many adverts by witches, sorcerers and fortune tellers.
Bom caminho, Rainer
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It's spelled tripeiro by the way.
If anyone is interested in Galician mythology, feel free to ask me for books about it. I recently finished my master's degree at the University of Porto about the topic.
Greetings,It's spelled tripeiro by the way.
If anyone is interested in Galician mythology, feel free to ask me for books about it. I recently finished my master's degree at the University of Porto about the topic.
Greetings,
I am interested and would be grateful for reading recommendations on Galician folk legends. I am incorporating Galician identity into my Master's thesis.
Philip
There are some books that focus on the Galician mythology as being Celtic/ of celtic origin. These authors should be read with some caution... this ideology is a result of the period in which some Galician artists tried to create a past that is not related to "Arabic" Spain but to the "superior white races of the north".
This doesn't mean there is no Celtic heritage in Galicia, it just means these texts are often connected to a fascist ideology.
Thanks for sharing this point of view. I am very interested in the question of celtic identity in Galicia.The Celtism in Galicia apart from a very few cases is not associated to fascist or racist idiologies.
In Franco times and before, Spain was officially an unitary state inhabited by only one ethnic group: The Spaniards. Its signs of identity were: sun, guitars, flamenco, bullfights, a black bull that sometimes appears on the flag, paella, etc...
In Galicia we din´t have any of these signs of identity, but we had bagpipes (and other things). So, some nationalists (celtists) thought: we are really different people, we are not in the Spaniard group, we are in the Celtic group.
That means that the Celtism in Galicia establishes only cultural differences.
Curiously, now in a semifederal state, Galicia is much more integrated with the rest of Spain. Nationalism is very minority, only 6 deputies out of 75 in parliament in the last elections and the celtism is basically reduced to Music Festivals and some jewelry.
Thanks for sharing this point of view. I am very interested in the question of celtic identity in Galicia.
Thanks for sharing this point of view. I am very interested in the question of celtic identity in Galicia.
Hi I am interested please! Four years laterIt's spelled tripeiro by the way.
If anyone is interested in Galician mythology, feel free to ask me for books about it. I recently finished my master's degree at the University of Porto about the topic.
So long as this thread has been bumped, it's not 'salad eaters' exactly but 'little lettuces'. Since the Portuguese word for lettuce (alface, and the diminutive alfacinha) is derived from Arabic, it is supposed that this nickname comes from Lisbon's Muslim time (714-1147) during which it is said that abundant lettuce was grown.Btw. the people of Porto are called tripoeiros ~ tripe eaters~ while the Lisbons are called alfacinhas ~salad eaters~
So long as this thread has been bumped, it's not 'salad eaters' exactly but 'little lettuces'. Since the Portuguese word for lettuce (alface, and the diminutive alfacinha) is derived from Arabic, it is supposed that this nickname comes from Lisbon's Muslim time (714-1147) during which it is said that abundant lettuce was grown.
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