This research took place in the city of Afuá, Pará State. In this city is for more than thirty
years, the Shrimp Festival which has become now the largest artistic and cultural
manifestation of the Marajó archipelago. Thus, the objective of this research from the Shrimp
Festival and Battle Camaroeira, is to seek the understanding of how afuaense population has
kept alive the tradition. The research was participatory observation, application of semistructured questionnaires to the community, as well as conducting interviews with residents
and creators of the Shrimp Festival and Battle Camaroeira. The aim is to consider and analyze
the elements that work in the construction, maintenance and transformation of a cultural
identity based on some studies Stuart Hall (1992), Manuel Castells (1999) and Renato Ortiz
(1994). Thus, it is evident the search for self-affirmation of afuaenses that from their local
culture, aimed at creating elements that work in the construction and maintenance of its
identity, therefore, the Shrimp Festival and the Battle Camaroeira are symbols of this struggle.
|
