This research aims to analyze the cultural formation from the participant
observation of two (2) urban territories used as places of leisure in the city of
Araguaína - TO. For this purpose, concepts were applied on memory, cultural
identity, territory and urban leisure. We seek to clarify the importance of urban
leisure in the formation of the cultural identity of the residents and their active
participation in the events that represent the community. Together with this
analysis, we investigate the relevance of oral traditions existing since the earliest
days of immigrant possession, as well as the influence of religiosity on this
territorial and cultural transformation. In order to do so, we use theories about
culture, territory and identity in order to understand the contributions of the leisure
spaces focused on the construction of the cultural identity of the city of Araguaína.
We can also note the importance of the values and symbols representative of the
city. It emphasizes the role of the public power to enable actions and public
policies that condition the formation of cultural identity. With the research carried
out we verified that both the Cimba Urban Park and the Marginal Neblina Avenue
(and its complementation in Via Lago) contributed to the genesis of a new
Araguainense territoriality. They are spaces of leisure that have brought about the
realization of a new cultural identity of the citizen.
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