Festival de Cirandas de Manacapuru: do sociocultural ao educacional

Abstract

This research proposes a new look at the Festival de Cirandas de Manacapuru, focused on the sociocultural and educational aspects of the festival, presenting a discussion about it. Initially, it approaches the Festival as a cultural manifestation, being seen as a social voice, as it is a way for the people to express their culture, their way of thinking, acting, doing and carrying out their daily activities. In this way, it analyzes the historical transformations of the Festival de Cirandas de Manacapuru, as the city's cirandas had their origins in public schools, and from 1997 they left the scope of school institutions and began to represent local communities, gaining legal personality and a festival itself. Then, the sociocultural contributions of the Festival, as it is a party that in recent decades has served as denunciations of socio environmental problems and has also helped in the development of Manacapuru and, mainly, has been contributing to the construction of a cultural identity, through culture and information , which are released during the three days of the show. Finally, it reflects on the importance and contribution of this Festival in the school field, the relationship between the cirandas and the founding schools, showing how the themes of the cirandas are developed in schools and how this relationship between the two segments could be better used.