CoLingPB/Agreste Urbano/Guarabira_/brPB04_g3aM01

Abstract

Informant brPB04_g3aM01, Agreste Urbano, Guarabira, Corpus “O Linguajar Paraibano”. WEB page: www.cchla.ufpb.br/colingpb. Oral interview (original duration: 28'59"), with sound recording in WAV format (22,500 Hz), orthographically transcribed in PDF format, and in TRS format (to open this file, it is necessary to install the Transcriber program, available at http: //trans.sourceforge.net/en/presentation.php). Topics covered: drinking water and its sources; storytelling; healerism; ex-votos; mangalho fair and its location; free fair; Festa da Luz and entertainment; Festa da Luz and visitors; party of the patron saint Nossa Senhora da Luz; party and community support; Friar Damião and gift of healing; skills with musical instruments; musical instruments and lack of instructor; levitation of Friar Damião; location of the Festa da Luz; miracles and graces of Frei Damião; change from the Catholic church to the cathedral; change of location of the Festa da Luz; music dedicated to Frei Damião; songs played in partnership with church priests; musician from the Catholic church; joke about Frei Damião; healing; relationship between student and teacher; mourners; shrine of Frei Damião; religious tourism; water seller.