A patrimonialização do esotérico e do místico na cidade de São Tomé das Letras – MG: o dinamismo da previsão, requisitos, atributos ao seu reconhecimento à luz do patrimônio cultural imaterial

Abstract

The present study focused on the social cultural manifestations of the city of São Thomé das Letras, MG, investigating the historical and historiographical origins of the nickname "Mystical City of Minas Gerais", highlighting its importance and relevance in the construction of intangible heritage cultural memory. The objective was to scientifically clarify the origin and formation of the esoteric and mystical identity of the small town of stones, using for this, the composition evaluation of the dynamism of the forecast, requirements and attributes to its recognition for part of the public administration, as manager and guardian of the cultural heritage of the municipality. The work was based on three pillars: the first rescued elements involving the ancestral imaginary of the history of the municipality, its formation and intrinsic characteristics, and also those built by the figures, personality and entities that marked the passage of time, and that are suggested to have contributed to the formation of the concept of “mystical city”. The second pillar worked on the systematic and comprehensive identification of the formation of concepts, their roots, entities and/or cultural identities as impressions or mentioned expressions propagated by different authors, in various temporalities, conditions, themes and their proposals with their respective cuts. Finally, the third mainstay looked to the future, launching proposals for effective patrimonialization of the concept of the esoteric and the mystical in São Thomé das Letras