00937nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100002700043700002800070245006900098300001200167490000700179520059100186022001400777                                       d1 aJoao Pacheco Rodrigues1 aSandra Araujo Pelegrini00aMyths, rites and symbols: the cult of Nossa Senhora das Aguas-PR  a645-6640 v183 aThis article proposes to analyze the feast of Nossa Senhora das Aguas-PR, from the perspective of the universe of Popular Catholicism. Even though this celebration is a religious practice based on rites and symbols from other places, it presents, however, particularities that were solidified in the process of creating the saint in the region where the river Ivai meanders. Based on the theoretical assumptions of Burke (2004), Hobsbawm (1984) and Portelli (2004), we sought to understand the roots of such devotion and how the Marian sentiment was solidified in the heart of the city.  a2237-8871