MIRIAM TEREZINHA LOPES LÚCIO O BOI DE MAMÃO ... - Unisul

ABSTRACTThis work presented a research on the art of the folklore, in special, the Boi de mamão – areading of the Grupo Folclórico Beco do Beijo of the Tubarão city. The idea of theaccomplishment of this research from of the comments and experiences gotten through thepresentations of the related Group in the school focused in this researt. It was intended topromote an analysis of this spectacle in relation to the used language. Also, one emphasizedthe social voices presents in the stage of the life, death and resurrection of the Ox. It wasinvestigated, still, its repercussion in the pertaining to school community that appreciates, thismyth, as well as the presentations of the Boi de mamão, even so this is presented increasedwith different and innovated elements. Although this (of the innovations) aesthetic ofannounced representation not the cause of form some the presumption deletion of the originalmyth, because the ritual of the death and resurrection of the Ox continues untouchable; still,of this study of case one perceived that the human personages live in constant rotation andtransformation as well as the animals, even so these last ones remain unbroken in its essence,that is, they are not erased of the collective memory; the Group keeps a peculiar form tomount and to represent the Ox, being to create or invent again the legend of the Ox inaçoriano style, using a proper language and with this announcing other social voices. It wasreflected on the ways that readers/educators to the importance of the culture, experience anduse of the myth and folklore in the educative context. It was intention of this work tocontribute so that the generations that, now, live deeply the performance of the Ox continuethe process of repetition, cult and perpetuation of this myth.Word-key: Boi de mamão. Innovation. Preservation. Teaching and Learning Process.