Mediação cultural das tradições populares do município de Trairi – Ceará: preservação da memória e cultura popular local

Abstract

This research discusses the cultural mediation of popular traditions in the municipality of Trairi - Ceará for the preservation of memory and local popular culture. The purpose of the search seeks to answer the central research problem: How does the cultural mediation of popular traditions in the municipality of Trairi - Ceará aiming at the preservation of memory and local popular culture? The basic objective of the research is to investigate the process of cultural mediation of popular traditions in the municipality of Trairi/Ceará aiming at the preservation of memory and local popular culture. It is a research of exploratory nature, adopting initially, the survey of the state of the art presented in the theoretical referential in order to appropriate the concepts about popular culture, cultural mediation, public library as a cultural space and the history and traditions of the city of Trairi. The empirical work was done through a questionnaire and interview, and two models were built, both with open and closed questions. The first was applied to the masters and representatives of the traditional cultures of Trairi (reisado, bobbin lace, natural medicine, coconut dance, mamulengo) and the other, with the server of the municipal public library of the same city. Based on the data analysis, by the results obtained, it is possible to say that both the masters of popular culture, the protagonists of popular traditions and the public library of Trairi perform the role of cultural mediators, whether through events, conversation circles, workshops, etc. However, there are financial challenges, lack of support from public agencies, lack of resources, and interference from the mass media, which difficult the task of preserving the local memory and popular culture.