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The Ramu in Mere: Ethnography of a religious festivity in northern Spain

Authors

  • Ester Massó Guijarro Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Granada, España

Abstract

I will explain the results of a short ethnographic study conducted in Mere, a town belonging the municipality of Llanes in the valley of Ardisana (Asturias, Spain). The ethnographic exploration was carried out in full within a week, so I must have focus (in order of some accuracy) in a specific cultural topic. I have mainly devoted to the study of annual local festivity called the "sacramental" or "Ramu", held usually around the first weekend of July. I shall report here the key features and detailed development of the celebration (thick description in the sense of Geertz) and outline some other crucial aspects of culture. The methodology used was participant observation, semi-structured interviews and open to various informants, spontaneous talks and consultation documents.

Keywords:

Ethnography, festivity, symbolism, religion, functionalism

Author Biography

Ester Massó Guijarro, Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Granada, España

Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Granada, España