{"id":407927,"date":"2026-01-15T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/?p=407927"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:16:15","slug":"madeira-festa-de-santo-amaro-encerra-ciclo-de-natal-com-a-tradicao-de-varrer-os-armarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/madeira-festa-de-santo-amaro-encerra-ciclo-de-natal-com-a-tradicao-de-varrer-os-armarios\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeira: Festa de Santo Amaro encerra ciclo de Natal, com a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00abvarrer os arm\u00e1rios\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356939\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356939\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-356939\" src=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n-390x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agencia.ecclesia.pt\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/82068945_2330476883718816_557307062179069952_n.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foto: Munic\u00edpio de Santa Cruz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Funchal, Madeira, 15 jan 2026 (Ecclesia) \u2013 O arquip\u00e9lago da Madeira assinala hoje a festa lit\u00fargica de Santo Amaro, data que marca o encerramento das festividades natal\u00edcias com a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o secular de \u201cvarrer os arm\u00e1rios\u201d, num ritual de conv\u00edvio e partilha comunit\u00e1ria.<\/p>\n<p>O dia \u00e9 caracterizado pelo desmanchar dos pres\u00e9pios (lapinhas) e pela reuni\u00e3o de fam\u00edlias e vizinhos que, munidos de vassouras e instrumentos musicais, visitam as casas uns dos outros para consumir os \u00faltimos doces e licores da quadra.<\/p>\n<p>O \u2018Jornal da Madeira\u2019, da Diocese do Funchal, refere que esta \u00e9 \u201c\u00e9 uma das mais antigas invoca\u00e7\u00f5es crist\u00e3s presentes no arquip\u00e9lago da Madeira\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>O portal de informa\u00e7\u00e3o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jornaldamadeira.com\/2026\/01\/15\/santo-amaro-na-madeira\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">observa<\/a> que a obra \u2018M\u00fasica Tradicional Madeirense\u2019, da Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Xarabanda, documenta esta viv\u00eancia no seu volume dedicado \u00e0s cantigas religiosas, revelando Santo Amaro como uma figura de proximidade que ajuda na transi\u00e7\u00e3o para o novo ciclo anual.<\/p>\n<p>A devo\u00e7\u00e3o ao santo beneditino no arquip\u00e9lago remonta ao s\u00e9culo XV, com forte express\u00e3o em Santa Cruz, onde a confraria local foi restaurada no s\u00e9culo XVII, e no Paul do Mar.<\/p>\n<p>Nesta \u00faltima localidade, a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o atribui a Santo Amaro o aviso que salvou a popula\u00e7\u00e3o de uma derrocada, consolidando-o como padroeiro da nova povoa\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p><em>OC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center 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