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Voices of the Magi

Enchanted Journeys in Southeast Brazil

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • 15.7 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

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For those interested in faith, music and community.

Explores how sacred music unites low-income groups.

Deepen your understanding of faith and celebration.

Discover the enchanting world of the Folias de Reis and their rhythmic, faithful journey through Brazil.

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Voices of the Magi explores the popular Catholic musical ensembles of southeastern Brazil known as folias de reis (companies of kings). Composed predominantly of low-income workers, the folias reenact the journey of the Wise Men to Bethlehem and back to the Orient, as they roam from house to house, singing to bless the families they visit in exchange for food and money. These gifts, in turn, are used to prepare a festival on Kings' Day, January 6, to which all who contributed are invited. Focusing on urban folias, Suzel Ana Reily shows how participants use the ritual journeys and musical performances of the folias to create sacred spheres distinct from, yet intimately related to, their everyday world. Reily calls this practice "enchantment" and argues that it allows the folia communities to temporarily make the social ideals of mutual reciprocity and equality embodied in their religious beliefs a reality. The contrast between their ritual experiences and the daily lives of these impoverished workers, in turn, reinforces the religious convictions of these devotees of the music of the Magi.
Voices of the Magi and The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities
The Oxford Handbook of Music and World ChristianitiesVoices of the Magi

  • Title

    Voices of the Magi

  • Author

    Suzel Ana Reily

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    May 2002

  • Edition

    2nd

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15.7 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226709413

  • ISBN-10

    0226709418

  • Eden Code

    4565164