Festival folclórico de Parintins: um olhar sociocultural e educacional.

Abstract

This present dissertation aims a new look at Parintins Folk Festival, that is, turning to educational and social cultural aspects of the feast, proposing a discussion around it. At first, it broaches the Festival as cultural manifestation thru social voice cause it's a way people express ways of thinking, acting and doing their day by day activities. In this way, it analyses the Festival contribuitions to improve on the sociocultural and educational condictions of the town as it has been, since the last decades, the one which makes use of denunciation to the socio environmental problems and also helps Parintins development, mainly, this has contributed towards the construction of a cultural identity by means of culture and informations, which are spread in the three days of performances. Then it approaches the historical transformations in which the boi bumbá has passed since it used to perform on streets and now inside the arena. There has been a fun spectacularization and a new symbolic significance expressed by that entertainment as well as put more emphasis on the indian figure to the Amazon Folklore. Mostly it considers the importance and contribution of this Festival in the school field, as the school daily routine has changed itself as consequence of this festivity. In a sense, the school should explore the boi bumba chants as educational instrument to help the construction of the popular and scientific knowledge.