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Social Sciences - Anthropology / Festas Populares no Brasil | | Portuguese term or phrase: Cumprir Promessa | I'm translating this Anthropologic article about the popular catholic feasts in Brazil, and there are a lot of moments when the author mentions the term "cumprir promessa" (como em "cumprir promessa a um santo"). I need some help with this term 'cause it appears a lot of times.
Thanks.
Ex:
"(...) muitos peregrinos cumprem promessas dolorosas, como acompanhar as procissões de joelhos." |
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| | To fulfil a vow (made to a saint) | Explanation:
What happens is that in those times people would go to the church and pray and then promise the saint something in return for an answer to that prayer. For instance, going on an entire pilgrimage journey whilst on their knees, etc.
We may then confirm by a vow the promise made to a saint, and likewise we .... or because we may be unable to fulfil them (for failure to fulfil a vow is ...
www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm
Mar 2007 ... We may then confirm by a vow the promise made to a saint, .... we may be unable to fulfil them (for failure to fulfil a vow is sure to be ...
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia
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Explanation:
What happens is that in those times people would go to the church and pray and then promise the saint something in return for an answer to that prayer. For instance, going on an entire pilgrimage journey whilst on their knees, etc.
We may then confirm by a vow the promise made to a saint, and likewise we .... or because we may be unable to fulfil them (for failure to fulfil a vow is ...
www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm
Mar 2007 ... We may then confirm by a vow the promise made to a saint, .... we may be unable to fulfil them (for failure to fulfil a vow is sure to be ...
en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia
Reference: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15511a.htm
His parents again had recourse to Francis of Assisi and made a vow that their ... of the Franciscan Order in order to fulfil the vow
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