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Água Benta, Fé Ardente; Água Ardente, Fé Benta (1999)

Água Benta, Fé Ardente; Água Ardente, Fé Benta poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Brazil

How it feels

This short documentary shows a centuries-old ritual in Morro Vermelho, Brazil. Devotees wash a statue of Jesus Christ with cachaça, a Brazilian liquor.

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What happens

Água Benta, Fé Ardente; Água Ardente, Fé Benta é um documentário brasileiro de curta-metragem (9 min) de 1999, dirigido por João Dornelas e Armando Mendz. O filme mostra um ritual secular de Morro Vermelho, distrito de Caeté - MG, onde os fiéis lavam uma imagem de Jesus Cristo com cachaça. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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