摘要：O artigo reúne os resultados produzidos em dois campos de pesquisa – a cidade de Chuí e grande Porto Alegre, RS –, explorados por meio do método etnográfico. O objetivo é evidenciar o empenho dos imigrantes em recriar tradições árabes e sublinhar práticas sociais comuns, extraindo do terreno da vida ordinária elementos que são elevados à categoria de signo emblemático da própria coletividade. Desde a publicação da coletânea A Invenção das Tradições de Ranger & Hobsbawn em 1983, discorrer sobre “tradições” não é um exercício de mera descrição. Retomamos o debate sobre a invenção e recriação das tradições a partir da análise dos rituais de casamento e da centralidade dessas festas de casamento na fabricação de uma coesão social.
其他摘要：This paper gathers the results yielded by two field researches, investigated through the ethnographic methodology; the research, firstly carried out in the city of Chuí, later embraced the residents of the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. It aims at revealing the efforts made by immigrants in recreating Arabic traditions and in pointing to their common social practices, taking from everyday life the elements that were enhanced to a category of emblematic symbols of the collectivity. Ever since the anthology The invention of traditions, by Ranger and Hobsbawn, in 1983, expatiating on the topic of tradition has become more than a mere act of depiction. The debate will allow us to review the disciplinary frontiers between the realms of history and anthropology and the diverse uses of the term by both fields of knowledge. In this research paper, we will reassume the debate about the creation and recreation of traditions on the basis of the analysis of wedding ceremonies and central importance of the wedding feasts to the creation of social cohesion. We shall bring to evidence some of the feelings related to the creation of such social cohesion and the strategies used by these immigrants aimed at producing enduring notions of their collectivity as having a common origin and tangible destinies.
关键词：Palestinos;Tradição;Gênero
其他关键词：Arabian tradition; Arabian ceremonies; Gender
