Culture and tradition

a study of the grape and harvest festivals in Videira (SC)

Abstract

The history of the municipality of Videira and the history of vitiviniculture in the Midwest of Santa Catarina are intertwined. The relationship between the grape and its members and the municipality is manifested, in addition to the economy and the name of the city, at popular festivals that take place in Videira. This article proposes a historiographic analysis of grape cultivation in the city and festivals that celebrate this product, especially Grape Festival and Harvest Festival, as well as the process of loss of popularity they face considering both festivities are included in the calendar of the city known as the capital of grape and wine and spotlight of traditional vitiviniculture in the estate of Santa Catarina, Brazil.