10 Narratives, Movements, Objects: Aesthetics and Power in Catholic Devotion to Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil

Samba Struggles: Carnaval Parades, Race and Religious Nationalism in Brazil

“…After her transformation into patroness of the nation, she remained highly popular as a national and Catholic religious figure. For example, her shrine was visited by 13 million people in 2017 and replicas of the original statue located at the national shrine can be found in many public and private places throughout the country (Godoy 2015(Godoy , 2017Rickli 2016). Given the statue's capacity to represent the unity between Roman Catholicism and the Brazilian nation, it is not very surprising that the church used her anniversary as the ideal moment to collaborate with a samba school.…”