Boi juventude e o Folclore do Bumba meu boi no Grande Pirambu

Abstract

This dissertation titled Youth and the foklore of Bumba meu boi at Grande Pirambu sought to answer the following question: how is the process of cultural training in the activities of Boi Juventude in the Grande Pirambu community? In this perspective, the general objective of this study is to analyze the configuration of the folklore Bumba meu boi at Grande Pirambu , through the voices and institutional devices used by people play with the “boi” of the region in its creation and recreation process. It was also followed the following specific objectives: understanding the evolution of folklore studies in Brazil, identifying the social and cultural aspects that relate to the folklore of the Bumba meu boi, more specifically, the importance of the Boi Juventude acting for the social and cultural training of the people involved in it. The discussion on the Bumba meu boi was set from the critical subdidies to its retelling in contemporary. It has as the subjects of the research participants of the cultural group Boi Juventude and components from other groups of "boi" of the aforementioned region, an ethnographic study was developed that sought to approach the systematic knowledge to the particular universe of the ones concerned with the issue. The participant observation, open interviews and the field diary were used as research techniques. For data collection, photos were got, video footage and written documents related to the "boi" and filed by the subjects of the research.It was concluded that the Bumba meu boi from Grande Pirambu is configured as a catalyst in promoting the cultural identity of that population, legitimizing, through the folklore of "boi", an educational process developed within the framework of informality. The folklore of "boi" in Grande Pirambu adds its peculiarities to the historical and social context of the region. This mishap some factors were decisive: public and private policies of funding of culture in general, aggregating values related to the competition between different groups of "boi" and its recognition by the public; the ludic and aesthetic aspects of the game, encouraging the participants the interest in art education, and also the family context in which it develops the tradition of Bumba meu boi in Grande Pirambu.