Jogral is currently known as a mode of recitation of poems or songs by a choir, alternating between the singing and speaking.
The jugglers are quite common as a genre of theatrical play, where instead of chanting, the participants organize themselves into groups and declaim and speak together, in a harmonious way.
However, in the Middle Ages, until the middle of the tenth century, the jugglers were known to be members of the humble classes, that is, they did not belong to the nobility. In order to survive, they held entertainment presentations in public squares and palaces.
From the 11th century onwards, jugglers began to be recognized as the promoters of troubadour, a literary and poetic movement that emerged in France.
Learn more about the meaning of Troubadourism.
This term appeared in the Portuguese language through the Latin adjective jocularis, which can be translated as “burlesque”, “fun” or “laughable”.
The feminine of jogral is jogralesa, in Portuguese.
evangelical jester
It is very common to see in several groups of evangelical churches the use of jugglers as a form of evangelization or gospel entertainment.