Transformações sociais sob a perspectiva dos concorrentes: o caso do Festival Gastronômico de Arraias - TO

Abstract

He Gastronomic Festival of Arraias is a product of the GOsTO research and extension project – a handful of cassava and a bit of Cerrado, linked to the Heritage and Socio-Environmental Tourism course at the Federal University of Tocantins, in which the author of this study developed her internship together to the project in the period from 2017 to 2020 and consequently presents this research as a result. The study investigated the effects and possible social changes from the Gastronomic Festival of Arraias - TO The study investigated the extent to which the Gastronomic Festival of Arraias contributed personally and professionally in the lives of the competing participants from the years 2017 to 2019, as well as the effects and possible social transformations from the Gastronomic Festival of Arraias - TO. It is a quali-quantitative research, where we use both quantitative and qualitative methods, to carry out a much more in-depth analysis on the researched topic. For data collection, a questionnaire was elaborated and applied to the competing participants from the years 2017 to 2019. It was found that the Gastronomic festival, besides providing the local population with leisure moments, can also contribute to the valorization of their culture and be a source of income to be invested in improvements in the community.