Ressignifications in the care process from the practices of praying women in the Quatro Varas project

Abstract

Introduction: The mourners perform their role of healing by symbolic means and act mainly on diseases of little gravity. Objective: To know the re-significances in the process of care from the practices of the mourners in Projeto Quatro Varas. Methodology: Field research with a qualitative approach, carried out in the period of August 2016 until July 2017, at the Quatro Varas Project in Fortaleza. For data collection we interviewed six informants who used praying practices. The data collected were interpreted from narrative analysis and interpretive anthropology. The search was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of IPADE, with a number of  55697416.0.0000.5049. Results: We show in the narratives of the interviewed who after looking for the rezadeira felt better and believed in the healing power of these women who offer health to the community in a way that free and easy to access as we see below: "I'll be fine. Just looking When I'm not well, I know that moment she'll touch me, she'll deposit that positive energy of her in me, at the moment I already am well "; (Orchid); "It felt good because I knew I was looking for something good for my son and if I went looking for her it was because I believed. I felt comfortable and worked until today "(Margarida). Conclusion: This cultural practice, despite being much sought after in the past, for its to promote well-being, has been forgotten over the years, but has until today directly in popular beliefs and knowledge.