
A Ordem dos Penitentes
Directed by Petrus Cariry2002 17mDocumentary, Short
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Aspects of popular religion inherited from the European Middle Ages is revealed by the narrative of the Master Joaquim Mulato, 81 years. The rituals and penance appeared as a way to tame the desires of the flesh and the fantasies of the mind. In northeastern Brazil, the Order came about in 1860, a time of famine and pestilence.