Vigienses e cabrassurdos: um espelho de si no outro

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the theme of alterity that emerges from the relationship between the carnival street groups “Virgienses” and “Cabrassurdos” from Vigia de Nazaré, Pará. On a hand, there are men who dress as women, who use allegories and wear feminine adornments, as well as the makeup that represents an indispensable item for the characterization of “The Virgienses” in this carnival context. On the other hand, there are the women who are characterized as men to compose the imagetic mosaic that will highlight the group "The Cabrassurdos". It may be observed, on the interrelation between the groups, the existence of a dialectical tension. The interdiction imposed by "The Virgienses" group results in a self-recognition in the other. The Ego (“The Cabrassurdos”) creates a self-becoming in the other (“The Virgienses”). Thus, the composition of the group “The Cabrassurdos” was stimulated by the rules of the group that has provoked the interdiction (“The Virgienses”). In this dialectical relationship, women recognize themselves in men and men recognize themselves in women. In this sense, the main premises that base this investigation are found in the discussions of Beauvoir (1970), Bravo (1985) and Bakhtin (1987), among others. The methodology used was a bibliographic research and image capture. Then, it is performed the analysis about the relation of alterity established between the street groups Virgienses and Cabrassurdos in the carnival of Vigia de Nazaré.