{"id":310254,"date":"2024-01-14T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/?p=310254"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:15:33","slug":"madeira-santo-amaro-e-varrer-dos-armarios-encerram-ciclo-de-celebracoes-do-natal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/madeira-santo-amaro-e-varrer-dos-armarios-encerram-ciclo-de-celebracoes-do-natal\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeira: Santo Amaro e \u00abvarrer dos arm\u00e1rios\u00bb encerram ciclo de celebra\u00e7\u00f5es do Natal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00abNesta \u00e9poca a alma madeirense vem ao de cima, naquilo que ela tem de melhor\u00bb &#8211; D. 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Santa Cruz\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/madeira-santo-amaro-e-varrer-dos-armarios-encerram-ciclo-de-celebracoes-do-natal\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n-390x260.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-310255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/82021606_2330476213718883_6938369321357803520_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-310255'>\n\t\t\t\tFoto: Munic\u00edpio de Santa Cruz\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Lisboa, 14 jan 2024 (Ecclesia) &#8211; A festa lit\u00fargica de Santo Amaro, que se assinala anualmente a 15 de janeiro. marca o fim do ciclo de celebra\u00e7\u00f5es natal\u00edcias em v\u00e1rias localidades da Madeira, incluindo as tradi\u00e7\u00f5es ligadas ao \u201cvarrer dos arm\u00e1rios\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u00c9 qualquer coisa inexplic\u00e1vel, que diz muito a alma madeirense naquilo que tem, naquilo que ela tem de festa, de presen\u00e7a de Deus, tamb\u00e9m de fraternidade. Este clima de bem querer, que depois se manifesta, por exemplo, nas visitas aos pres\u00e9pios\u201d, refere D. Nuno Br\u00e1s, bispo do Funchal, em entrevista \u00e0 Ag\u00eancia ECCLESIA.<\/p>\n<p>O respons\u00e1vel cat\u00f3lico, na diocese desde fevereiro de 2019, admite a surpresa perante a dimens\u00e3o que as celebra\u00e7\u00f5es do Natal \u2013 a \u201cFesta\u201d para os madeirenses \u2013 ganham no arquip\u00e9lago, desde o pres\u00e9pio, nas casas, \u00e0s manifesta\u00e7\u00f5es comunit\u00e1rias de f\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNesta \u00e9poca do Natal a alma madeirense vem ao de cima naquilo que ela tem de melhor\u201d, indica D. Nuno Br\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p>O bispo do Funchal recorda que estas tradi\u00e7\u00f5es nasceram num contexto em que a vida era \u201cmuito dif\u00edcil\u201d, nestas ilhas, sublinhando a import\u00e2ncia da f\u00e9 para a popula\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA f\u00e9 d\u00e1 um novo horizonte, mostra que os sofrimentos do tempo presente n\u00e3o t\u00eam compara\u00e7\u00e3o, como diz S\u00e3o Paulo, com a gl\u00f3ria que se h\u00e1 de manifestar\u201d, aponta.<\/p>\n<p>Na noite de 14 para 15 de janeiro, existe a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o de as pessoas se juntarem para colocar um ponto final \u00e0 quadra natal\u00edcia.<\/p>\n<p>Emanuel Gaspar, coordenador da Casa da Cultura de Santa Cruz, apresenta ao Programa ECCLESIA, emitido este domingo na Antena 1, a import\u00e2ncia da festa do Santo Amaro neste concelho madeirense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs pessoas v\u00e3o de casa em casa, simbolicamente levam uma vassourinha, pequenina muitas vezes feitas com urze ou compradas, para limpar o que resta do Natal, das iguarias, os licores, os doces, as broas\u201d, refere.<\/p>\n<p>Esta tradi\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 apresenta na feira etnogr\u00e1fica que est\u00e1 aberta ao p\u00fablico no centro de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cm-santacruz.pt\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/223-santo-amaro-2024?catid=35&amp;Itemid=347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz<\/a>, por iniciativa do munic\u00edpio local, procurando que \u201cesta mem\u00f3ria imaterial se continue a perpetuar\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Santo Amaro, monge beneditino do s\u00e9culo VI que foi companheiro de S\u00e3o Bento, \u00e9 particularmente evocado na cidade de Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta devo\u00e7\u00e3o tem uma tradi\u00e7\u00e3o desde os prim\u00f3rdios da ilha, desde a coloniza\u00e7\u00e3o, e perpetuou-se at\u00e9 hoje\u201d, observa o historiador Emanuel Gaspar.<\/p>\n<p>Rui Camacho, presidente da Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Musical e Cultural Xarabanda, que recolheu um tema tradicional dedicado a Santo Amaro, fala desta festa \u201cpopular, p\u00fablica\u201d, centrada numa figura a quem \u201cos crist\u00e3os confiam e que depositam os ex-votos, feitos em cera\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ao longo dos tempos, a festa transformou-se, mas \u201cnunca se perdeu\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cH\u00e1 aqui uma religiosidade popular. H\u00e1 aquilo que acontece dentro da Igreja e o que se repete fora da Igreja, nas casas, at\u00e9 nos espa\u00e7os p\u00fablicos, como o varrer dos arm\u00e1rios\u201d, acrescenta.<\/p>\n<p>Para Rui Camacho, a preserva\u00e7\u00e3o da identidade passa pelo conhecimento da \u201ctradi\u00e7\u00e3o\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimeiro de tudo sente-se e depois compreende-se. Se eu n\u00e3o estiver l\u00e1 para perceber como \u00e9 que essa rela\u00e7\u00e3o entre o homem, a terra e o divino, vai ser complicado compreender o porqu\u00ea destas festas de car\u00e1ter religioso\u201d, observa.<\/p>\n<p>As celebra\u00e7\u00f5es dedicadas a Santo Amaro acontecem ainda em <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jornaldamadeira.com\/2024\/01\/09\/62519\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">v\u00e1rias<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jornaldamadeira.com\/2024\/01\/10\/santo-amaro-motiva-festa-na-ribeira-brava\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">localidades<\/a> da ilha da Madeira.<\/p>\n<p><em>OC<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abNesta \u00e9poca a alma madeirense vem ao de cima, naquilo que ela tem de melhor\u00bb &#8211; D. 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