Gosto muito de estar aqui: na cultura e na educação pela vivência e experiência no cordão do mapará, Abaetetuba-PA

Abstract

This research deals with Cordão do Mapará in the neighborhood of Angélica, Abaetetuba-PA, which is configured as a popular theater that problematizes culture and education as dimensions of the same social practice, radiating educational processes. Thus, the study seeks to understand how the educational processes that permeate this June festivities develop, through the participation and involvement of children and adolescents. We start with the following question: what educational processes are present in all Cordão do Mapará production, especially through the experiences of children and adolescents? The central objective is to investigate the educational processes that originate/occur in Cordão do Mapará through the participation of children and adolescents. To achieve this, the research involved a vast bibliographic and documentary review on the cordon present in the municipality of Abaetetuba as well as the use of iconography and oral sources. At the same time, field research was carried out using observations and interviews with actors involved with this June celebration, focusing on the relationship of children and adolescents with this practice. The results indicate that these subjects who frequent Cordão do Mapará build educational processes based on the local/Amazonian characters and elements that are present in this manifestation, and such learning, experiences and experiences in their lives constitute concrete possibilities for cultivating and valuing knowledge, Furthermore, these children and adolescents, when participating in the cultural event, are fully developing their potential, as they act and occupy spaces in the city's urban scene.