A quadrilha Maria Chiquinha a as transformações nas quadrilhas juninas na cidade de Cachoeira dos índios - PB: da cultura tradicional ao estilizado.

Abstract

This work intends to analyze the transformations of the June’s square-dance groups in the city of Cachoeira dos Índios, Paraíba, Brazil, from 2001 to 2017, highlighting the Maria Chiquinha group. The transformation of a cultural style to a modern one takes place in a slow way in almost all cultural segments, but, noticeable, in the case of square-dance groups, these changes take place practically in all its structure, such as: the costumes, the songs, the choreography, the props, and other aspects. In this way, we seek to identify which processes have influenced these transformations over the years. The methodology includes bibliographic research, field research, recording of videos and photographs, and structured interviews. The research was made with participants from four square-dance groups of the city, three of them no longer active. The research revealed some elements that influenced the transformation of these groups and that such elements can be considered as the cause of the end of some groups.