Devotos, ofrendas y promesas en el espacio religioso de la Virgen de las Nieves en San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Abstract

In this article we will analyze, from the geography of religion, the devotion to the "Virgen de las Nieves" in San Carlos de Bariloche through the analysis of the ex-votos.The grotto of the Virgin, located eleven kilometers from the center of the city, has been built by a soldier in fulfillment of a promise, in the army of mountain land. This Grotto is constituted as sacred territory with a particular dynamic that makes it in a devotional epicenter respect to the adjacent spaces involved in religious practice. Accordingly, we make a first characterization of the grotto of the Virgin as sacred space and symbolic place through the classification, categorization and analysis of material offerings and promises of the devotees.