Cores que pintam, fitas que tecem: o processo de negociação identitária dos jovens congadeiros do fundão, Viçosa/MG, em tempos de mediatização

Abstract

This dissertation turns to the environment of the congado, while traditional popular culture, and research the negotiation of young Congadeiros, of district São José do Triunfo (Viçosa, MG), identity. Considering the present time as marked by the mediatization, treat of the strategies of young people to deal with the dichotomy that is present in the experience of a tradition caracterized by the ancestry, in a context that exalt the new, living with the fragmentation of identities and which is marked by the multiplicity of cultural references. Relied with interviews with the guardians of memory, young Congadeiros, and young congadeiros’s school, questionnaire to young people, and five meetings with them. The thoughts put into dialogue the issues raised during the investigation with conceptual problematization, having as main ideas, the culture, identity, youth, popular culture and tradition. The general interpretation of the research is that young people's participation in congado mobilize and be mobilized by a desire to put the world in, to feel in belonging to a group, a story that brings meaning and identity reference.