Ethnic Racial Relations, Languages and Cultures: Study of Umbandaum’s sócio-edicational practices in identtity construction ethnic-cultural activities in Caravelas-BA (1988-2019)
Caravelas, Umbandaum, Identity, Socio-educational practices
The UMBANDAUM Afro-indigenous Cultural Anthropology has been operation for over thirty years in Caravelas and other cities and towns in the Far South region of Bahia, resisting the struggle for the appreciation of ethnic-cultural identities. The didactic product of the research, is a documentary, created in the period 2017-2018, in which we record several narratives of former and current participants of the group about Umbandaum’s socio-educational practices and and how they lend themselves to identity-building processes (CUNHA, 1983). ,1994). From the narratives of deponents, we elaborated a record about the history and memory of group (POLLAK, 1992), highlighting the cultural manifestations through the use of body expression in the process of and identity resistance. The results of this study indicate that the group investigated, by recording the and strength that brings over 31 years of existence, it seems to have a creative potential that has an impact on the educational role and allows to reflect on cultural, social aspects politics in the region.