The songpoems within the Congado

an oral literature of black identity and resistance

Authors

  • Camila de Matos Silva
  • Sávio Roberto Fonseca de Freitas

Keywords:

Congado, Songpoems, Afro-Brazilian culture, Oral literature

Abstract

This article intends to analyze the expressitvity of the songpoems within the congados, specifically in the Mozambique area in Oliveira, Minas Gerais; given the importance of preserving the black ancestrality coming from the transatlantic experience and of reconstructing the Afro-Brazilian identity. It is (and was) through the singing and the story telling of the congado that the blacks manage to preserve the ancestrality with the interaction of the living and the dead, as occurs in the African culture. The bodies in movement in the rituals of the Rosary Festivity take on performance movements since they are part of the congado, which are dances at Sunrise, raising of masts, crowning of kings and queens, procession of the congos and all the rituals with regard to the sacred.

Author Biographies

Camila de Matos Silva

Mestranda em Literatura e Cultura na Universidade Federal da Paraíba- UFPB. Licenciada em Letras Português pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG/2015.

Sávio Roberto Fonseca de Freitas

Pós Doutor pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, onde atua como professor colaborador no Programa de Pós-graduação em Literatura e Cultura. Professor adjunto da Universidade Federal Rural do Pernambuco – UFRPE.

Published

2022-03-31

How to Cite

Silva, C. de M., & Freitas, S. R. F. de. (2022). The songpoems within the Congado: an oral literature of black identity and resistance. Identidade!, 21(2), 227–233. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1421

Issue

Section

RELIGIÃO, IDENTIDADE E HISTÓRIA

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