Música y religiosidad popular: Saetas y misereres en la Semana Santa andaluza

Abstract

Beginning the fifth weekend before Eastern, many towns and villages throughout Andalusia effervesce in social, musical and religious activity. Saetas and sung announcements, examples of traditional and popular music -thus in a continuous state of evolution-, are performed once again in the context of paraliturgical rituals, often unsupervised by hierarchical control. Preflamenco and flamenco saetas are presented here as identity symbols of individuals, as well as cofradias (lay brotherhoods), districts or towns, and studied as a sign and means of sociability during a festive time (Lent and Eastern).

Desde la Cuaresma, muchos pueblos y ciudades de Andalucía se llenan de actividad social, musical y religiosa. Las saetas y los pregones, músicas populares de tipo tradicional -y por tanto sometidas hoy día a evolución- suenan una vez más en el contexto de rituales paralitúrgicos en el seno de cofradías, que son estudiadas como un signo y símbolo de sociabilidad e identidad durante un tiempo festivo.