Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda

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Autor(a) principal: Mattos, Ricardo Mendes
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
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Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/40930
Resumo: The sea and the Atlantic crossing represent spaces for memory, resistance and construction of Afro-descendant identity in the Americas. Based on an ethnographic research on the Afro-Brazilian performance of jongo, the imaginary of the sea present in oral memory, in ritual gestures and in traditional songs is presented. It is observed that the jongo circle itself symbolizes the sea and the traumatic crossing of the enslaved. This movement, associated with death, accompanies the construction of bonds of solidarity capable of forging a cultural identity of political resistance to slavery. Thus, the jongo celebrates the rebirth of the enslaved, after crossing the sea and death, and building the African legacy in traditional “quilombola” communities. Finally, the sea takes on utopian features in a ritual return to the mythical Aruanda, immersed in the prosperity of the Afro-descendant community and in the celebration of the journey of life.
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spelling Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to AruandaJongo: Travessias atlânticas e retorno ritual a AruandaSea/boat symbolJongoBrazilian maroon communitiesBlack imaginarySlaverySímbolo mar/barcoJongoComunidades quilombolasImaginário negroEscravidãoThe sea and the Atlantic crossing represent spaces for memory, resistance and construction of Afro-descendant identity in the Americas. Based on an ethnographic research on the Afro-Brazilian performance of jongo, the imaginary of the sea present in oral memory, in ritual gestures and in traditional songs is presented. It is observed that the jongo circle itself symbolizes the sea and the traumatic crossing of the enslaved. This movement, associated with death, accompanies the construction of bonds of solidarity capable of forging a cultural identity of political resistance to slavery. Thus, the jongo celebrates the rebirth of the enslaved, after crossing the sea and death, and building the African legacy in traditional “quilombola” communities. Finally, the sea takes on utopian features in a ritual return to the mythical Aruanda, immersed in the prosperity of the Afro-descendant community and in the celebration of the journey of life.O mar e a travessia atlântica representam espaços de memória, resistência e construção da identidade afrodescendente nas Américas. A partir de uma pesquisa etnográfica sobre o culto afro-brasileiro do jongo, apresenta-se o imaginário do mar presente na memória oral, em gestos rituais e em cantigas tradicionais. Observa-se que a própria roda de jongo simboliza o mar e a traumática travessia do escravizado. Esse movimento, associado à morte, acompanha a construção de vínculos de solidariedade capazes de forjar uma identidade cultural de resistência política à escravidão. Assim, a roda de jongo celebra o renascimento do escravizado, após cruzar o mar e a morte, e construir o legado africano nas comunidades tradicionais quilombolas. Por fim, o mar assume feições utópicas de retorno ritual à mítica Aruanda, imerso na prosperidade da comunidade afrodescendente e na celebração da viagem da vida.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2022-09-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/4093010.15448/1984-4301.2022.1.40930Letrônica; Vol. 15 No. 1 (2022): Single volume; e40930Letrônica; v. 15 n. 1 (2022): Volume Único; e409301984-430110.15448/1984-4301.2022.1reponame:letrônicainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/40930/27671Copyright (c) 2022 Letrônicahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMattos, Ricardo Mendes2022-12-20T12:38:06Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40930Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronicaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/oailetronica@pucrs.br||ivanetemileski@gmail.com1984-43011984-4301opendoar:2022-12-20T12:38:06letrônica - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
Jongo: Travessias atlânticas e retorno ritual a Aruanda
title Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
spellingShingle Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
Mattos, Ricardo Mendes
Sea/boat symbol
Jongo
Brazilian maroon communities
Black imaginary
Slavery
Símbolo mar/barco
Jongo
Comunidades quilombolas
Imaginário negro
Escravidão
title_short Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
title_full Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
title_fullStr Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
title_full_unstemmed Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
title_sort Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
author Mattos, Ricardo Mendes
author_facet Mattos, Ricardo Mendes
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mattos, Ricardo Mendes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sea/boat symbol
Jongo
Brazilian maroon communities
Black imaginary
Slavery
Símbolo mar/barco
Jongo
Comunidades quilombolas
Imaginário negro
Escravidão
topic Sea/boat symbol
Jongo
Brazilian maroon communities
Black imaginary
Slavery
Símbolo mar/barco
Jongo
Comunidades quilombolas
Imaginário negro
Escravidão
description The sea and the Atlantic crossing represent spaces for memory, resistance and construction of Afro-descendant identity in the Americas. Based on an ethnographic research on the Afro-Brazilian performance of jongo, the imaginary of the sea present in oral memory, in ritual gestures and in traditional songs is presented. It is observed that the jongo circle itself symbolizes the sea and the traumatic crossing of the enslaved. This movement, associated with death, accompanies the construction of bonds of solidarity capable of forging a cultural identity of political resistance to slavery. Thus, the jongo celebrates the rebirth of the enslaved, after crossing the sea and death, and building the African legacy in traditional “quilombola” communities. Finally, the sea takes on utopian features in a ritual return to the mythical Aruanda, immersed in the prosperity of the Afro-descendant community and in the celebration of the journey of life.
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