Beverages and foods in birth and death celebrations: a study in countryside communities from Sergipe and Bahia

• Autor(a) principal: de Souza Mendonça Menezes, Sônia
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Bertoni, Luci Mara, Santos, Rosangela Vasconcelos Raimundo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ateliê Geográfico
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/54416

It is possible to find in some Brazilian countryside communities cultural aspects that are rooted in the way of living of these peoples which perpetuate their traditions and identify specificities that were experienced on important moments of their history. These moments are celebrated and shared among family members, neighbors and friends. These social subjects build their memories, representations and stories from their relations with the activities and inheritances divided in their gatherings for long and short periods of time inside the countryside. Based on the understanding of this topic, this study aims to analyze the symbolic dimension of foods and beverages on birth and death celebrations in countryside communities from the states of Sergipe and Bahia. Besides the theoretical review, interviews were also performed in countryside communities from those states from May 2016 to January 2017. Although there is not any explicit relation among these social groups, we could realize a series of similarities in their way of celebrate, and also the preparing of foods and beverages that are part of these rituals perpetuated throughout generations. Keywords: Countryside communities; Beverages and foods; Birth and death celebrations.