This study aims at investigating the spatialities and temporalities of a carnival manifestation,
from the perspective of the organizers, vendors, residents and participants of the celebration.
Miracaxi is a micareta that in the lsat 22 years has been annually held in Miracema do
Tocantins, 76 kilometers away from the state capital, Palmas of state Tocantins. This study
first brings the historical context of popular festivals while belonging to the on context gaves
renewed Cultural Geography field. Thus it presents the historical and spatial context of
micaretas, also considered an off season carnival. The origin of this type of celebration dates
back to the 15th century, in France, while the first reports about micaretas in Brazil are from
the 20th century, in Jacobina and Feira de Santana, in the state of Bahia. Those celebrations
later expanded to other cities in the Brazilian territory. For this study bibliographic and
documentary researches were adopted, in addition to that, we applied questionnaires to the
vendors who worked on the party circuit in 2019 and open interviews conducted with people
from different scenarios such as organizers, neighborhood residents and the micareta creator.
By doing that it was possible to outline the participants view in relation to Miracaxi. On one
hand, for most of the interviewed residents the festivity is one of the moments in which the
city receives many people and that brings days of joy. On the other hand the vendors pointed
out the opportunities for work and fun that the party provides. As for the organizers, the
celebration is considered traditional and important for the city, meaning extra income and a
source of entertainment. De maneira qualitativa, a pesquisa apontou a opinião dos
participantes em relação ao que pensam sobre a micareta são elencados os pontos positivos e
negativos. According to the participants it is a traditional celebration that fosters local
economy during that time of the year, but there are problems with security and also with the
money spent by the organizers, which is not enough to cover the expenses. The participants
also indicated some challenges they have such as the need to increase investments and
security policies in relation to micareta. Therefore, the spatial relationship buit between the
blocks around the micareta circuit in Miracema of Tocantins manifest in different ways,
allowing that in the same celebration there are there are several territoriality, produced by
different social group that share their joys and fantasies in the same space.
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