Original scientific paper

Travelling rituals: Azorean holy ghost festivals in the United States

João Leal ; Department of Anthropology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract

This article analyses the Holy Ghost festivals organized by immigrants from the Azorean island of Santa Maria (Portugal) in the US city of East Providence, RI. The article stresses the diasporic dimension of the festivals and the way in which they combine tradition and innovation, faithfulness to roots and adaptation to a new social and cultural context.

Keywords

ritual; migration; ethnicity; Portuguese-American

Hrčak ID:

2921

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/2921

Publication date:

5.6.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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