Produção Nacional
Folia na "Bahia de Minas": contextualização do carnaval de Itabirito 1990-2010
2019; Brazilian Journal of Development; Volume: 5; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.34117/bjdv5n11-328
ISSN2525-8761
Autores Tópico(s)Literature, Culture, and Criticism
ResumoThis article is the result of the master's dissertation "Bahia de Minas": the carnival of Itabirito (MG) from 1990 to 2010 and presents the carnival of Itabirito between 1990 and 2010, highlighting its organization, spaces intended for the realization of the event, cultural events, investments and economic relevance of the party to the municipality, as well as the impacts of tourism on the party.From the historiographical approach, based on the history of the present, we analyzed 295 reports about the Itabirito Carnival, found in 16 newspaper titles belonging to the Itabirito Municipal Public Archive (APMI).Manuals were also used; magazines and clippings of documents for the mayor, found in the same collection that dealt with the subject of this study, as well as books of Itabirito memorialists and decree-laws published by the Itabirito City Council that regulated the party.Located in Minas Gerais, in the tourist region of the Circuito do Ouro, Itabirito stands out in the execution of carnival, the oldest festivity of the city, occurring since the nineteenth century (JUNQUEIRA, 2016), when the region was still district Ouro Preto.Since its inception, the Itabirito Carnival has been constituted by different manifestations, such as parade of Corsican, blocks, dances in social clubs, practices that are sometimes in evidence, sometimes not.However, from the 1990s, it acquires new characteristics given, especially, by the presence of sound blocks and electric trios, which began to take over the city streets.From 1990 to 2010, the party was marked by changes in its organization and cultural manifestations, favoring the development of tourist activity in the city.At this moment the party, in Itabirito, began to mirror especially in the carnivals of Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, with the introduction of new musical rhythms, such as axé, frevo, lambada and zumba; there was an expansion of the geographic space destined to the party, due to the gradual increase of the audience; increased investments in infrastructure, staffing and financial support for the execution of Carnival; in addition to changes in the party's schedule, which was held almost exclusively on the city streets.The article highlights the Itabirito carnival in scientific studies, contributing to the understanding of the development of Itabirito carnival and its relationship with tourism in the city.
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