Violence as social integration in Judas”™ burning in Potrerito and La Cañada

  • Gabriel Andrade Universidad del Zulia

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This article describes how the use of violence channeled upon a victim can help regenerate social life in a community. Each Easter Sunday, many Venezuelan communities perform ”˜Judas”™burning”™, a ritual in which a puppet representing Judas is symbolically executed. This ritual created a process of collective expiation that propitiates social peace. This article analyzes how these phenomena take place in Potrerito and La Cañada, two villages in Zulia State, Venezuela.

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Andrade, G. (1). Violence as social integration in Judas”™ burning in Potrerito and La Cañada. Opción, 23(52). Recuperado a partir de https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/opcion/article/view/6396
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