A folia centenária de Santo Antônio: as tradições na Fazenda das Matas na comunidade quilombola Kalunga do Mimoso em Arraias - Tocantins

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to: understand the contributions of the Santo Antônio festivities traditions to the social and cultural formation of the residents of the Kalunga do Mimoso Quilombola Community in the Fazenda das Matas region. This celebration has its own aspects and rituals and is part of a set of cultural and traditional events that are regularly carried out by residents of the Kalunga do Mimoso quilombola community. In this context, the Folia de Santo Antônio is one of the most appreciated rituals by the residents of that community, bringing songs, projections of faith, costumes and the like. In the search to better understand this celebration, it is worth stating that the study is an approximation of ethnographic studies, assuming that a researcher acts in order to examine patterns and ways of life of a collective. Therefore, research was carried out in some bibliographic sources, for example, works by Costa (2017), Pereira (2019), Marques (2020), Soares (2021), Tavares (2022) and Hermógenes (2021), in addition to of articles and theses, such as that of Alves (2020) that discuss religious festivities in quilombola communities. Field research was also carried out, in which I sought to be in direct contact with people in the community, especially older residents, to hear stories and ask them about this cultural manifestation. From the results, it is evident that the new generation understands emotional, cultural, affective and spiritual factors that the Folia de Santo Antônio brings, mainly to affirm this rich religious tradition in the municipality of Arraias-TO and within the quilombola communities, such as the case of Mimoso.