The winners of Itapuã: an ethnography of an essay at a samba school in the downtown Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro

The objective of this article is to analyse the rehearsal of the school of samba Unidos do Viradouro in the Avenue Ernani Amaral Peixoto, situated in Downtown Niteroi, in the Fluminense County of the State of Rio de Janeiro. With the plot called: Viradouro with a light soul (Viradouro with a light-h...

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Main Author: Silva, Rafael Rosa da
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2021
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Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/tematicas/article/view/15366
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Summary:The objective of this article is to analyse the rehearsal of the school of samba Unidos do Viradouro in the Avenue Ernani Amaral Peixoto, situated in Downtown Niteroi, in the Fluminense County of the State of Rio de Janeiro. With the plot called: Viradouro with a light soul (Viradouro with a light-hearted soul), the association was crowned champion at the 2020 carnival at Marques de Sapucaí in a parade that brought the ancestry and strength of black women and former slaves for gain as an identity mark in the cultural formation of Brazil. Athwart an ethnography realised en three rehearsals in the Avenue Ernani Amaral Peixoto in november and december of 2019, i searched to understand how the association took this theme to a public space in the city, also highlighting the afro-religious aspects present in the plot, in a movement that gives visibility to afro-Brazilian religious manifestations.
ISSN:2595-315X