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Brotherhoods appear to Medium Age, as fraternal associations d 'origine professional. They regroup all those who play the same job, in a at the same time social and religious purpose. They organize solidarity between their members, by helping financially most divested, and the spiritual life of the community by favouring the holy worship d 'un protective. Revolution wanted to remove them. Some people, notably winegrowers' brotherhoods, could however rediscover 19th century, by supporting their religious traditions and mutualistes. |
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Today, very numerous and often of the recent creation, bacchanalian brotherhoods, if they prove to be still faithful to the worship of the saint boss, such saint Vincent, are especially characterized by their secular aspects. They sometimes take charitable functions, but their first vocation is consequently cultural and festive.
They look after the assertion of quality which makes the reputation of the products of our lands and in the respect for the traditions which s 'y attach. With that end in view they participate in numerous demonstrations with promotional character: fairs, living rooms etc, but also on local holidays which punctuate the calendar of the winegrowers and qu 'elles contribute to enliven..
With their costumes d 'apparat, their emblems and their ruddy rituals d 'intronisation, they do not content themselves with perpetuating the memory of fraternal communities: they defend boldly the stocks in which remain tied those who have will to preserve a certain art of living, in friendliness.