Deer and deer in the procession of the Cirio de Nazaré: The Portuguese medieval myth of Dom Fuas Roupinho unconsciously re-enacted in gay Feast of Chiquita

Abstract

the purpose of this research is to know the dynamics of the Chiquita Festival, in the city of Belém do Pará, Amazonia, Brazil, applying the technique of analogy with the myth of Dom Fuas Roupinho that is visually engraved in the historical tile of the Memory Chapel, of Nazareth, in Portugal. The result of this methodological procedure shows that the Feast of Chiquita re-enacts the mythological tile of Portugal, unconsciously; in addition, it highlights the figure of the deer which is a gay symbol; finally providing a symbolic space for reflection to the participants who are induced to rethink the best way that deer and deer could follow in their lives. This study contributes by showing by the analogical bias that the popular Feast of Chiquita is no stranger to the Tradition or Spirituality of the Círio de Nazaré, for in the Portuguese historical tile itself the explosion of Good and Evil, the Sacred and the Profane, Order and Chaos, Life and Death, with Our Lady appearing in the sky between lightning and thunder.