Jongo: Atlantic crossings and ritual return to Aruanda
The sea and the Atlantic crossing represent spaces for memory, resistance and construction of Afro-descendant identity in the Americas. Based on an ethnographic research on the Afro-Brazilian performance of jongo, the imaginary of the sea present in oral memory, in ritual gestures and in traditional...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | letrônica |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/40930 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/letronica/article/view/40930 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sea/boat symbol Jongo Brazilian maroon communities Black imaginary Slavery Símbolo mar/barco Comunidades quilombolas Imaginário negro Escravidão |
| Sumario: | The sea and the Atlantic crossing represent spaces for memory, resistance and construction of Afro-descendant identity in the Americas. Based on an ethnographic research on the Afro-Brazilian performance of jongo, the imaginary of the sea present in oral memory, in ritual gestures and in traditional songs is presented. It is observed that the jongo circle itself symbolizes the sea and the traumatic crossing of the enslaved. This movement, associated with death, accompanies the construction of bonds of solidarity capable of forging a cultural identity of political resistance to slavery. Thus, the jongo celebrates the rebirth of the enslaved, after crossing the sea and death, and building the African legacy in traditional “quilombola” communities. Finally, the sea takes on utopian features in a ritual return to the mythical Aruanda, immersed in the prosperity of the Afro-descendant community and in the celebration of the journey of life. |
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