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A corte dos reis do Congo e os maracatus do Recife

1999; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Português

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Leonardo Dantas Silva,

Urban and sociocultural dynamics

RESUMO Trata da origem do maracatu pernambucano, para a qual contribui a paulatina transformacao dos antigos e coloniais cortejos dos reis do Congo. Centra suas reflexoes a partir das observacoes do jornal pernambucano O Carapuceiro, publicado, no seculo XIX, pelo Padre Miguel do Sacramento Lopes Gama. ABSTRACT The “Kings of the Congo Court” and the “maracatus” of Recife. v. 27, n. 2, p. 363-384, jul./dez. 1999. Studies the origins of the “maracatu” (carnival folk dance group) of Pernambuco (State of the Northeast of Brazil), arguing that it is the result of the changes in the old colonial “cortejos dos reis do Congo” (Kings of the Congo processions). Concentrates the analysis of the subject matter mostly on the stories of the 1900th century newspaper of Pernambuco O Carapuceiro, created and runned by the catholic priest Miguel do Sacramento Lopes Gama. RESUME La cour des rois du Congo et les “maracatus” de Recife. v. 27, n. 2, p. 363-384, jul./dez. 1999. L’auteur traite de l’origine du “maracatu” dans le Pernambouc a laquelle a contribue la lente transformation des anciens corteges des rois du Congo de l’epoque coloniale. Il centre ses reflexions a partir des observations du journal pernamboucain “ O Carapuceiro”, publie au XIX e siecle par le Pere Miguel do Sacramento Lopes Gama.