This study is an interpretation of the associations involving holy parties and political alliances
between maroon communities located in the municipality of Salvaterra - Marajó - Para, based
on ethnographic research conducted in maroon community of Bacabal. These maroon
communities are: Salvá, Mangueiras, Caldeirão, Bairro Alto, Pau Furado, Bacabal, Santa Luzia,
Providencia, Deus Ajude, São Benedito da Ponta, Siricari, Boa Vista, Paixão, União/Campina
and Rosário they have in common besides conducting and participating in some of the other
parties, also the fact they are the same self-defined remaining quilombo communities and are
fighting for recognition and titling of their territories. To interpret the relationships between
parties and political alliances, the study takes the gift paradigm or paradigm of the alliance and
the association proposed by Alain Caille (2002) as the main theoretical framework. The parties
in this study are interpreted as gifts that move between communities to create stronger bonds,
bonds of trust and loyalty, and political alliances between them.
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