Narrativas de crianças sobre o saber/fazer em festas amazônicas: o caso da marujada de São Benedito e São Sebastião em Tracuateua/PA

Abstract

The study aims to analyze the knowledge and practices experienced by children during the marujada party in the city of Tracuateua / PA. The problem raised was guided by the following question: what is the perception of the children of the marujada from Tracuateua / PA on the knowledge / practices of this festival? For this, it was necessary to discuss the categories culture, education, knowledge and childhood about new perspectives from the perspective of culture represented as a “web of meanings” constructed in the social relations of men; education as a “fraction of that culture” that can be developed in different places with different social groups; knowledge as a learning transmitted between generations in a heterogeneous way of doing; childhood was analyzed in the light of “childhood sociology”, understanding the child as the protagonist of their experiences. This study had as interpreters 16 (sixteen) children, 10 (ten) girls and 6 (six) boys, aged between 6 (six) and 12 (twelve) years of age, participating in the party. The methodological path was characterized by a qualitative approach with research techniques such as conversation circles, observation, field diaries, photographic records and the dynamics with drawings. Thus, based on the diversity of knowledge constructed in the daily life of the marujada, knowledge and actions inherent to the party were identified, experienced and shared by / by the movement between sailors and sailors of different generations through listening, observation and orality.