The harbour mourns: January 21st 2008, Gabriel Lara's funeral, martyr of the Valparaiso fire department.
On January 21 st of 2008 were performed Gabriel Lara´s funerals, firefighter martyr of the 4th Company of Valparaiso, a young volunteer who died after the fire of Cerro La Cruz. His death reflects and triggers a series of breaks of meanings.
The mass and the funeral procession, which produced a public congregation that momentarily transformed the city, its daily habits, the use of its streets, avenues and hills.
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Firefighter
Valparaíso
martyr
funerals.
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Revista Chilena de Antropología Visual - número 11 - Santiago, junio 2008 - 93/117 pp. - ISSN 0718-876x. Rev. chil. antropol. vis.