Sociabilidade e comensalidade de um quilombo remanescente em São Paulo: Cafundó (1999-2016)

• Autor(a) principal: GUEDES, Aline Soares
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do ANHEMBI
• Texto Completo: http://sitios.anhembi.br/tedesimplificado/handle/TEDE/1674
• topic: Turismo; Hospitalidade; Comensalidade; Sociabilidade; Quilombo; CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS

The reflection on the preservation of traditions resulted in the development of the research problem of this thesis , to inquire why the commensality practices and integration of community members through sociability did not influence the African cultural preservation in the remaining quilombo Cafundó , located in the municipality of Salto de Pirapora , State of Sao Paulo. By nature qualitative, the study’s general objective is to analyse the role of commensality and rituals that create sociability in the preservation of memory through ethnographic and bibliographic methods. The specific objectives amount to an historical contextualization of quilombos in Brazil and the identification of remaining quilombo communities in the state of Sao Paulo, the investigation and analysis of festivities and routines that constitute both the ancient and current rites of commensality and sociability, and, finally, the identification of practices of commensality and sociability in Cafundó. The study finds that the traditions and customs of the quilombo have in fact lost considerable force owing to the lack of interest of younger residents, who, discriminated against and lacking incentives, distance themselves from the culture of their ancestors. Consequently, the dissolution of some older quilombos has led to the recession of some activities, such as candomblé and the practice of using Cupópia, a dialect autochthonous to Cafundó. It is evident that, beyond this, religions present in the quilombo also motivates a separation between residents, and that the ancient practices of commensalitye are no longer employed. Thus, just as sociability has been weakened by the separation between residents, commensality possesses little power to be a factor of preservation and cultural fortification