Folklore

Dances, songs, games, parties, merriment, demonstrations, gastronomy, beliefs... All of this, present in each region, is part of what we call “folklore”. In addition to the celebrations, folklore brings the identity of a people, from its origins and keeps the essence of the place alive. In Florianópolis, there are legacies left by European, indigenous and African peoples, however, those of our Azorean colonizers predominate. Florianópolis, affectionately known as Magic Island, coexists on its beautiful full moon nights with werewolves, witches, and other fantastic beings. That's it, the term magic has nothing to do with the natural beauty of the city, as many people think. Although this piece of land is magically enchanting for its beaches, waves and beautiful women, the bad language of the manezinhos (popular name of the natives) who have lived here for a long time, that at twilight the animals are different. Witches came from the Azores at the time of colonization and still inhabit the island. If you ask the fishermen and lacemakers of Lagoa, they know many, many stories about these characters. That, in addition to witchcraft recipes to scare away bad things. We're full of old healers, actually.

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But if you don't have time for anthropological and field research, a tip is to read, in addition to our website, Franklin Cascaes. He was an artist, researcher, and more than that, a great communicator of the legends and people of Florianópolis. Thus he became one of the pioneering folklorists; he documented popular knowledge and beliefs, expressed in legends, tales, songs, customs. The magical universe of Cascaes is intertwined with the folkloric history of the Florianopolitan people, still present in the imagination of the natives. Other folklore manifestations are also present on the Island of Santa Catarina. They are, the Dance of the Stick of Ribbons, of Iberian tradition, with its circle dances around a colored pole; The Singing of the Divine; to Dance of the cacumbi. Festivities such as the Cult of the Holy Spirit and Boi-de-mamão are very popular on the island. There are also traditions such as making bobbin lace, fishing for mullet, cuisine based on seafood, such as the cultivation of oysters. In addition to these, we have other festivals such as: the Festa da Laranja and the Santíssima Trindade, Procissão Dos Passos, Terno de Reis, Festas Juninas, among others. Another determining factor of folklore on the Island is the cuisine, which is based on the sea. Shrimp and fish are the favorite foods of the inhabitants. Fishing for mullet has special emphasis, it occurs between the months of May and June, due to the search for shoals that flee from the cold waters of Lagoa dos Patos, in Rio Grande do Sul, to the coast of Santa Catarina. We also have the famous bobbin lace, of Azorean origin, the wives of fishermen used to make their lace after doing household chores. While their husbands made the fishing nets, they made their lace. These demonstrations, parties, dances, merriments, pilgrimages, beliefs, little by little became tradition. See below, in detail, each folk manifestation.



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