Sermó de l'Enganalla (Llucmajor)

What is

An Easter sermon that is a duel of deception: the preacher tries to end when the organist does not expect it, and the organist tries to cut him off by starting the hallelujah prematurely. Survival of the medieval risus paschalis.

On i quan

• Llucmajor, Easter Sunday, 8 a.m., Franciscan convent of Sant Bonaventura. Afterwards, s'Encontrada procession.

Personatges and objects

• The preacher and the organist.
• The convent organ and the Easter hallelujah (melody by an unknown author, inherited from the Minimum friars).
• Choir singers.

How is

• Rules: the preacher cannot finish before saying that Christ has risen; the organist must let him make the announcements (among them, the blessing of fruits in Cura).
• Short, absurd or verse sermons. Remembered example (c. 1940): «Jesus has risen / and provided a remedy for sin. / Play, Father Caldentey, / the sermon is now finished.»
• During the day, people tell the preacher, with sarcasm, that they have been deceived.

Vocabulary

• enganalla / s'Enganaia: of deceive, deceive.
• s'Encontrada: Easter meeting procession.
• risus paschalis: Easter laughter.

History

• Middle Ages: the risus paschalis spreads throughout Europe as a reaction to Lent.

-c . 1940: preacher Fr. Rafael Ginard Bauçà, organist Fr. Miquel Caldentey.

• 1956: description in The convent of Sant Bonaventura de Llucmajor (coord. Salvador Cabot).
• 2016: declaration.

Protection

• BICIM (FIC). Initiation BOIB 90/2015; BOIB statement 86, 7/7/2016.

Why is it design

• Interaction design: two actors, one rule, an unpredictable ending.
• Humor as a ritual form: the ritual includes its own parody.

For the project

• Collect l'Enganalla sermons from recent years: popular humor archive.

Sources

• caib.es/eboibfront/pdf/es/2015/90/923371
• caib.es/sites/departamentdecultura/ca/bicim-illes_balears/

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

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