Bumba meu boi do Maranhão: folklore, tradition and identity

• Autor(a) principal: de Souza Martins, Carolina Christiane
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.29073/heranca.v4i2.352
• topic: Bumba meu boi, folclore, cultura, Brasil; Bumba meu boi, folklore, culture, Brazil

Bumba meu boi is a cultural manifestation present in the state of Maranhão - in the northeast of Brazil - and considered Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial da Humanidade by UNESCO since 2019. In this article, I present, from a historical perspective, the process of valuing this folguedo, that went through moments - full of comings and goings - of repression, denial, acceptance and appreciation by the public power, the police and the press and the role of folklorist intellectuals for the prominence that Bumba started to receive, above all, from the second half of the 20th century. I try to understand how to exercise the role on the folklore and identity of Maranhão were important for the choice of Bumba as the expression of popular culture in Maranhão, which resulted in its heritage.