NAS PALMAS DA CAPOEIRA: RESISTÊNCIA CULTURAL PELA CHAPADA DOS NEGROS EM ARRAIAS/TO (1984 a 2012).

Abstract

The research aims to (re) build historically part of the trajectory of the capoeira group existing in the city of Tocantins Stingrays, entitled Cultural Association Chapada dos Negros (ACCN), to concepts that underlie this sport and culture, especially as to which refers to memory, identity and education for racial ethnic relations, which are from its existence in the city. In this direction, it was possible to know, interpret and understand the history of capoeira Stingrays, portraying it as their collaboration for the continuity of individual memory, collective, institutional and historical consciousness and cultural community. The practice of capoeira Stingrays / TO, during the years 1984 to 2012, has contributed to the construction of black identity, cultural resistance, those that integrate the experiences disseminated by the Cultural Association Chapada dos Negros (ACCN) through the appropriation knowledge and practices of the community. I sought this path, consider various ways to practice capoeira, its principles and values, triggered by the group in a unique way to build a sense of belonging and behavior guided by cultural and symbolic references african- Brazilian. I used as a methodological tool and interpretive narratives of the subjects, with the basic presupposition, their life stories, the construction of the research partners. By teachers and practitioners of capoeira, I realized that, despite the obstacles imposed by slavery in Brazil, especially the one that occurred in the city of TO-Rays, Africans and their descendants have found ways to organize and express their cultural practices deeply influencing society Arraiana. So, to sing the song in the palms of capoeira resist the historical strength of their struggle.