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mais à sensibili<strong>da</strong>de do que à<br />

razão. O desprendimento <strong>da</strong><br />

imaginação por meio do<br />

sensorial resultou em atos ou<br />

atitudes espontâneos de fervor<br />

que moviam a coletivi<strong>da</strong>de<br />

baiana, como exemplifica a<br />

formação <strong>da</strong> irman<strong>da</strong>de do<br />

Senhor Bom Jesus <strong>da</strong> Cruz, que<br />

acabou se radicando na igreja <strong>da</strong><br />

Palma.<br />

As práticas religiosas<br />

giravam em torno de festas<br />

como procissões, romarias,<br />

ostentação nos templos, culto<br />

aos santos, soleni<strong>da</strong>de e<br />

elegância dos gestos litúrgicos,<br />

compondo todos eles o quadro<br />

iconográfico muito<br />

característico. Mas não era esse<br />

seu único ambiente, devido,<br />

como se disse, à composição<br />

étnica do povo baiano.<br />

Enquanto a maioria dos<br />

índios fugiu ou foi<br />

extermina<strong>da</strong>, poucos se<br />

aculturaram, enquanto os<br />

pretos africanos, necessários<br />

como mão de obra escrava,<br />

foram mantidos junto às<br />

residências de seus<br />

proprietários. Tendo seus cultos<br />

ancestrais reprimidos em favor<br />

<strong>da</strong> crença católica, os<br />

africanos, de um lado, criaram<br />

um sincretismo entre as<br />

through the senses, appealing<br />

more to sensibility than to<br />

reason. This liberation of the<br />

imagination through the senses<br />

resulted in spontaneous acts or<br />

attitudes of fervor, thus moving<br />

the collectivity of <strong>Bahia</strong>. This is<br />

the case of the brotherhood of<br />

the Good Lord Jesus of the<br />

Cross, eventually housed in the<br />

church of Palma.<br />

Religious practices revolved<br />

around festivities such as<br />

processions, pilgrimages,<br />

ostentation in temples,<br />

celebrations of saints,<br />

solemnity and elegance of<br />

liturgical gestures, all of them<br />

composing a very<br />

characteristic iconography.<br />

But, because of the<br />

aforementioned ethnic<br />

composition of <strong>Bahia</strong>’s<br />

population, this was not its<br />

only ambience.<br />

Most Indians escaped or<br />

were exterminated, and not<br />

many were accultured but<br />

Africans, because they were<br />

necessary as labor force, were<br />

kept near the residences of<br />

their owners. As their ancestral<br />

cults had been repressed in<br />

favor of Catholic beliefs,<br />

Africans, on one hand,<br />

created a syncretism between<br />

<strong>Igrejas</strong> e <strong>Conventos</strong> <strong>da</strong> <strong>Bahia</strong><br />

35<br />

Churches and Convents of <strong>Bahia</strong>

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