Oral History Interview - Anton Ferreira Lorenzo (A Guarda)

In this oral-history interview, Anton Ferreira Lorenzo discusses the ritual, devotional, and mnemonic landscape surrounding Monte Santa Trega in A Guarda, Galicia. The testimony documents traditions associated with fishermen from A Guarda and Póvoa de Varzim, including systems of maritime identity marks carved into the former doors of the Santa Trega chapel and ritual invocations for favorable winds. The interview records legends associated with the Laxe Sagrada petroglifo, narratives of miraculous phenomena connected to the Franciscan convent of Ínsua, and traditions concerning the so-called ‘Seven Saints’ linked to mountain sanctuaries across Galicia and northern Portugal. Particular attention is devoted to the ritual known as O Voto, a penitential pilgrimage associated with drought, fasting, nocturnal procession, and collective prayer, traditionally restricted to men until recent changes introduced by local clergy. Ferreira Lorenzo reflects on transformations in local religiosity, changing attitudes toward tradition, the role of Santa Trega as patroness associated with healing of headaches and heart ailments, and the relationship between landscape, devotion, tourism, and local identity. The interview also preserves memories of the Sociedad Pro Monte de Santa Tecla, the Festa do Monte, Via Crucis traditions, eremitic associations linked to the mountain, and twentieth-century transformations in ritual practice under and after Francoism. The testimony contributes to broader discussions on ritual landscapes, sacred mountains, collective memory, oral tradition, gendered religious practices, vernacular Catholicism, and heritage-making processes in the Minho border region within the AntCom research framework.本次口述史访谈中，安东·费雷拉·洛伦佐（Anton Ferreira Lorenzo）畅谈了西班牙加利西亚（Galicia）瓜尔达（A Guarda）地区圣特雷加山（Monte Santa Trega）周边的仪式、虔诚信仰与记忆景观。这份访谈记录了瓜尔达与葡萄牙瓦里姆港（Póvoa de Varzim）渔民的相关传统，包括刻于圣特雷加教堂旧门之上的海事身份标识体系，以及祈求顺风的仪式祷辞。访谈还留存了与圣拉克斯岩画（Laxe Sagrada petroglifo）相关的传说、因苏亚方济各会修道院（Franciscan convent of Ínsua）相关的神迹叙事，以及与加利西亚及葡萄牙北部山地圣所相关的“七圣”传统。访谈特别聚焦于名为《誓愿》（O Voto）的仪式：这是一项与干旱、斋戒、夜间游行及集体祈祷相关的补赎性朝圣仪式，传统上仅限男性参与，直至近期当地神职人员推动规则变革后才有所改变。费雷拉·洛伦佐还反思了当地宗教信仰的变迁、民众对传统态度的转变、圣特雷加作为治愈头痛与心脏疾病守护神的角色，以及景观、虔诚信仰、旅游与地方身份之间的关联。本次访谈还保留了对圣特克拉山促进协会（Sociedad Pro Monte de Santa Tecla）、山祭典（Festa do Monte）、苦路（Via Crucis）传统、与该山地相关的隐修社群，以及佛朗哥主义（Francoism）统治时期及之后20世纪仪式实践变迁的回忆。在AntCom研究框架（AntCom research framework）下，这份口述证词为米尼奥边境地区（Minho border region）的仪式景观、圣山、集体记忆、口述传统、性别化宗教实践、民间天主教以及遗产建构进程等相关议题的广泛学术讨论提供了重要支撑。