Festas no bairro de São Raimundo: Festival Marquesiano, cultura popular e mentalidade social em reconfiguração

Abstract

The present work seeks to understand the dynamics and participatory processes of the Marquesian Folklore Festival (FFM), considering its changes and permanence, in addition to the conditioning factors experienced by the community and that are reflected in the cultural, educational, social and religious/belief fields, leading to undoubtedly noticeable effects in this community cultural expression, The Marquesian Festival. It is of interest to this academic research proposal to know preliminarily the historical context of origin of the FFM: from where does the cultural scene emerge that forms a sequence of original and/or pre-existing dances, replicated from documentar research? The period in question is undoubtedly one of considerable social reconfigurations, with a Dictatorship installed in the country and a Manaus Free Trade Zone still in its infancy. Through and thanks to the trajectories of iconic characters of the FFM, we were able to address fundamental passages of the Festival itself, in close connection with these unique artistic trajectories: Celso da Silva and José Nogueira. Also the paths of the cultural manifestation itself, its categorizations, structures and organizational forms are the target of analysis, where the binomial tradition – modernity is debated in the context of the FFM. The community needs that drive the annual realization of this cultural expression in the form of a popular festival are also the target of critical articulation, seeking a deeper understanding of some driving forces, beyond mere economic reason, present in the community and even outside it that drive the FFM event. During this work, we also focus on the search for a greater understanding of the social space where the community exists and builds its worldviews, cultural expressions and representations of reality, emphasizing the changes in the physical environment and their reflections on the community itself. From the analysis of the social space, another reality is revealed: the almost omnipresence of churches and places of worship, in profusion, in the target microcosm of this dissertation, and its real possibility of influence in the spheres of thought and collective imagination, including in relation to cultural and popular expressions such as Marquesian festivities. Based on this perception, we propose, finally, to articulate with the reality of the microcosmo researched, São Raimundo – Glória, some pertinent questions related to the repression of the body, sexuality and the demonization of goods produced by popular culture.