A cidade e a festa: uma abordagem geográfica sobre o carnaval de Juiz de Fora - MG

Abstract

This work analyzes the carnival in Juiz de Fora, in Minas Gerais, by means of a geographical approach. Our starting point is the contradictions observed in the relationship between the city and realization of the traditional Brazilian festival, when in the last decades some carnival events have declined, culminating in years of cancellation samba school parades or low supporting to carnival blocks. In view of this, we search for the historical and spatial movements of Juiz de Fora carnival, from the first documental records in the journal O Pharol, through academic research and current newspapers. It’s understand that the capture of historicity contains spatialities that must be approached with the same dedication. It’s use resources by the geographic sciences to apprehend the carnivalesque reality of Juiz de Fora, in three centuries of history and many forms of carnival manifestations.