Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:54:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AndreiaRMM.pdf: 1264174 bytes, checksum: 36576f57be31a0ed884258a64c2742b6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-29 / This work is about representations around the Mockery of Judas rite in the neighborhood of east zone at Natal city and the relationships between residents of neighborhood with the ritual object. The most important objective in the work is to present anthropological analysis about the mockery of Judas rite and the ritual process beyond local interpretations to rite. The concept presents in studies of Marcel Mauss, Henry Hubert and Ren? Girard about the sacrifice are very important to this paper. We work with this hypothesis that the Mockery of Judas is sacrifice done to residents of Rocas neighborhood to many purpose, since symbolic punishment to traitor apostle till the sacrifice of victm of conflicts and tensions inside the neighborhood / Esta disserta??o trata das representa??es elaboradas em torno do ritual da Malha??o do Judas num bairro da zona leste da cidade do Natal e das rela??es constru?das pelos moradores locais com o objeto ritual. O principal objetivo da disserta??o ? apresentar uma an?lise antropol?gica do rito da Malha??o do Judas e explicitar o processo ritual e as interpreta??es locais dadas ao rito. Para este trabalho s?o muito importantes os conceitos desenvolvidos pelos estudos de Marcel Mauss, Hebert Hubert e Ren? Girard sobre o sacrif?cio. Trabalhamos com a hip?tese que a Malha??o do Judas ? um rito sacrifical feito pela comunidade das Rocas com diversas finalidades, desde a puni??o simb?lica do ap?stolo traidor, at? a imola??o de v?timas focos das tens?es e conflitos estabelecidos dentro do bairro