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Photo by Douglas Mansur, Paula Reis and João Zinclar, MST Archives São Paulo
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Mística Preparation" IV National MST Conference, August 2000

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November 2002

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Glossary

Compiled by Else R P Vieira. Translation © Thomas Burns.

Mística (lit. ‘mysticism’; ‘mystique’)
'A cultural and political act developed in various rituals, in which the Sem Terra express their readings of lived experiences through poetry, music, mime, painting, art in general. It is also a form of language of the unlettered who express, communicate, and interact in the building of the consciousness of the land struggle' (Fernandes, Bernardo Mançano. Pequeno Vocabulário da Luta pela Terra. Unpublished). For the religious resonances of the MST mfstica see also PASTORAL LAND COMMISSION (CPT) and LIBERATION THEOLOGY. 

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