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Main Author: Gabriel Andrade
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad del Zulia 2007
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31005202
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  • Violence as social integration in Judas' burning in Potrerito and La Cañada Gabriel Andrade Sociología Zulia Violence Potrerito La Cañada Burning of Judas This article describes how the use of violence channeled upon avictim can help regenerate social life in a community. Each Easter Sunday,manyVenezuelan communities perform ‘Judas’burning’, a ritual inwhich a puppet representing Judas is symbolically executed. This ritualcreated a process of collective expiation that propitiates social peace.This article analyzes how these phenomena take place in Potrerito andLa Cañada, two villages in Zulia State, Venezuela. 2007 artículo científico 1012-1587 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=31005202 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=310 Opción application/pdf Universidad del Zulia Opción (República Bolivariana de Venezuela) Num.52 Vol.23