A Folia de Santo no Quilombo Arapucu como Permanência Cultural Negra no Município de Óbidos/PA (1990-2018)

Abstract

The objective of the thesis is to analyze the complex network of interactions that exist between the residents of the quilombola community Arapucu na Folia de Santo in the Municipality of Óbidos-PA, between the years 1990 and 2018. In this way, the temporal cut focuses on the present time, and the focus of the analysis will be on a social institution: the Folia de São Tomé in the Arapucu quilombola community. The sources concatenated for the construction of the historical narrative were, notary inventories, newspapers, for the composition of the first chapter, and the oral reports that comprise the other chapters, using the methodology of Oral History and bibliography. The documents were analyzed using concepts and categories such as culture, Identity and cultural circularity, mainly. The history of the city of Óbidos is marked by the strong presence of cultural heritage originating from people subjected to the slave regime in the region. In search of freeing themselves from these ties, various forms of resistance and negotiations were developed. It is from this context that one can understand and interpret the Folias de Santo in Óbidos. Practices of black origins, the Folias not only reveal the ability to circulate among religious practices of Catholic origins, but also seek to create mechanisms for their permanence today. Therefore, examining the daily resistance strategies of the characters that make up the Folias de Santo in Óbidos, from a historical perspective, becomes an undertaking of social and historiographical relevance.