ABSTRACT
The fanid is a type of confectionery, a pulled sugar, that has been widely used since the Middle Ages. Crossing spaces and times, fanid remains as a candy, serving as a devotional confection and used as a gift in celebrations of popular religiosity. This delicate confection is a food heritage of several communities that materialize devotion in sugar pieces. This paper presents some connections of the ritualized uses of fanid in religious celebrations: the Feast of the Holy Spirit (Portugal and Brazil) and the Day of the Dead (Mexico). The ritual praxis of fanid builds, from the traditions of its uses and consumption, a food heritage in these locations. In moments of celebration, eating food also means consuming a memory, a tradition and an identity. The fanid constitutes a food heritage in these localities and the moments of celebration safeguard the savoir-faire: knowledges, techniques and gestures of making this artifact.
