Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Nassau, quarenta anos depois
1980; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Francês
ISSN
2526-9372
Autores Tópico(s)Urban and sociocultural dynamics
ResumoRESUMO Em 1936 foi esbocada intencao oficial de se fazer de janeiro de 1937 um mes de acon¬tecimentos culturais no Recife, O pretexto para as comemoracoes seria o tricentenario da chegada de Mauricio de Nassau a Pernambuco. Tudo fora concebido em termos de manifestacoes eminentemente culturais. Travou-se na epoca verdadeira batalha em todo o Brasil a respeito das festividades. Houve muita polemica envolvendo povo e imprensa. O mensario Fronteiras lancou um edital retrucando que o problema nao era “cultural” e sim de cara¬ter “civico e moral” e que, servindo a uma companhia de piratas, Nassau era ele mesmo um pirata. Era como se comemorasse uma invasao bem sucedida. Nao se previa uma tempestade destas, pois o comum era enaltecer a figura de Nassau. Mesmo sem toque de retirada, a comissao programadora das comemoracoes nao mais voltou a reunir-se. Em janeiro do 1937, para nao deixar passar em branco a efemeride que se pretendera comemorar, o Diario da Manha publicou uma coluna com elogios a Nassau. Hoje, quarenta anos depois da desordem mental que se implantou naquela epoca, superamos a nossa rusticidade, e podemos me¬ditar com sossego sobre alguns dos mais expressivos valores culturais de nossa heranca historica. Algumas entidades, universidades, academias e o governo do Estado montam exposicoes e promovem simposios sobre Mauricio de Nassau, sem que isso cause nenhuma polemica. ABSTRACT Nassau, forty years later. v. 8, n. 2, p.161-176, jul./dez. 1980. The official intention of transforming January of 1937, into the month of cultural events, was sketched out in 1936. The pretext for the celebrations would be the tricentennial of Mauricio de Nassau’s arrival at Pernambuco. Everything would have been imagined in terms of manifestations eminently cultural ones. it was begun a hard struggle all over Brazil about the celebrations at that time. There was a great polemic being people and press, wrapped up. The monthly issue Fronteiras published an edict retorting that it was not a cultural problem but a problem of “moral and civic character, and that as Nassau worked for a company of pirates, he himself was a pirate too. The commemoration would sound as a successful invasion. A repercussion like this was not foreseen, because it was usual to exalt Nassau. Even whithout any official order, the committee of the commemorations did not meet anymore. The journal Diario da Manha in order not to forget the event, which was supposed to be commemorated, has published a report dedicated to Nassau. Now, forty years later the mental disorder that was established in that time, we outdo our rusticity, and we may tranquilly meditate about some of the most expressive cultural values of our historical heritage. Some entities, universities, academies and the government of the State hold displays, symposiums about Mauricio de Nassau, without causing any polemics nowadays. RESUME Nassau, 40 ans apres. En 1936, fut ebauchee l’intention officielle de rendre le mois de janvier de 1937, un mois d’evenements culturels a Recife. Le motif pour ces commemorations serait le tricen¬tenaire de l‘arrivee de Mauricio de Nassau a Pernambuco. Tout avait ete concu en termes des manifestations essentiellement culturelles. A l’epoque, un vrai combat a ete eclate au Bresil au sujet de ces commemorations. ll y a eu une forte polemique engageant le public et la presse. La revue mensuelle Frontieres a publie un editorial montrant que la question n’etait pas “culturelle” mais de caractere “civique et moral”, et que Nassau ayant servi a une compagnie de corsaires, etait lui meme un corsaire. C’etait comme si l’on voulait commemorer une invasion bien reussie. Personne ne prevoyait un si grand probleme, car en generale, on exaltait l’image de Nassau. Sans grand bruit, la commission organisatrice des commemorations ne se reunit plus. En janvier 1937, ne voulant pas laisser sans commemorer, le journal Diario da Manha a fait publier un article louant Nassau. Aujourd’hui, 40 ans apres le desordre mental qui s’est etabli dans les esprits a cette epoque, nous avons surmonte notre rusticite et nous pouvons mediter tranquillement sur quelques-unes des valeurs culturelles les plus expressives de notre heritage historique. Certaines institutions, universites, academies et le gouvernement de l’Etat organisent des expositions et font des symposium se rapportant a Maurice de Nassau sans provoquer des polemiques.
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