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“Círio de Nazaré” is a traditional celebration done at Belém, which ends up
involving not only the local residents as well as visitors of many parts of Brazil. Commemorated in honor to the city’s patron saint, the
celebration is always done in the second Sunday of October, when a kilometric procession is realized, carrying the image of Nossa Senhora on a
stand tied up by an immense rope, disputed by the saint’s devotees. To touch this rope is considered a payment of debts or thanks to granted
graces.
The whole story began when the saint saved the life of a man, who was about to
fall with his horse inside an abyss. With the settlement, the portugueses spread out the legend to the residents of Belém, which, some time
later, attributed the rescue of a hunter who was in the Amazon Jungle to the patron saint. |
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