Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)

Canudos, alias Belo Monte, is the name of a peasant community that had a brief but intense life in the remote sertões of Bahia. Founded in 1893 by a lay preacher, the city was completely destroyed after the victory of the Republican armies in October 1897. If the sources on the side of the “defeated...

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Main Author: Sébastien Rozeaux
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Language:English
Published: Institut Pluridisciplinaire pour les Etudes sur l'Amérique Latine 2023-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/orda/9751
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description Canudos, alias Belo Monte, is the name of a peasant community that had a brief but intense life in the remote sertões of Bahia. Founded in 1893 by a lay preacher, the city was completely destroyed after the victory of the Republican armies in October 1897. If the sources on the side of the “defeated” are missing, some documents and the oral memory of the survivors allow us to reconstitute what “living in Belo Monte” meant at that time, in its material, social, religious and cultural dimensions. In addition to the question of housing, which was crucial in this “new town”, living in Belo Monte was above all a choice of life, an endorsement of a communal experience based on the sacred, in opposition with the secular republic and the process of colonization that had been going on since the independence of Brazil (1822) in these remote and reputedly poor regions of the country.
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spelling doaj-art-5fdb3059923f456888be1fdd5185a4e42025-08-20T03:15:27ZengInstitut Pluridisciplinaire pour les Etudes sur l'Amérique LatineL'Ordinaire des Amériques2273-00952023-10-0123110.4000/orda.9751Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)Sébastien RozeauxCanudos, alias Belo Monte, is the name of a peasant community that had a brief but intense life in the remote sertões of Bahia. Founded in 1893 by a lay preacher, the city was completely destroyed after the victory of the Republican armies in October 1897. If the sources on the side of the “defeated” are missing, some documents and the oral memory of the survivors allow us to reconstitute what “living in Belo Monte” meant at that time, in its material, social, religious and cultural dimensions. In addition to the question of housing, which was crucial in this “new town”, living in Belo Monte was above all a choice of life, an endorsement of a communal experience based on the sacred, in opposition with the secular republic and the process of colonization that had been going on since the independence of Brazil (1822) in these remote and reputedly poor regions of the country.https://journals.openedition.org/orda/9751BrazilNordestesertãopeasant communityutopia
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Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)
L'Ordinaire des Amériques
Brazil
Nordeste
sertão
peasant community
utopia
title Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)
title_full Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)
title_fullStr Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)
title_full_unstemmed Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)
title_short Habiter Belo Monte, éphémère communauté chrétienne dans le sertão de Canudos (Brésil, 1893‑1897)
title_sort habiter belo monte ephemere communaute chretienne dans le sertao de canudos bresil 1893 1897
topic Brazil
Nordeste
sertão
peasant community
utopia
url https://journals.openedition.org/orda/9751
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