Subindo a serra, descendo a história: memória e identidade cultural na comunidade remanescente de Quilombo Grilo-PB (1930-2010).

Abstract

We construct the history of Grilo community in which we seek to value the stories of black men and women, their struggles, their everyday lives. We to emphasize the memories and cultural practices that, any way, were attached to the past of slavery and helped in the construction of their ethnic identity. In this sense, the fírst way, we weave a thread regarding the issue of slavery, over the term maroons and its aftermath until the present day, moreover, present the reader with the Grilo community, describe the place and its people. In the second way, we analyzed the memories of two former slaves who toured the community and, through these reports, discussed on the daily lives of these former slaves, reflect this collective memory that helps in the identities of the community. In the third part, we highlight the labyrinth and pottery, reflect the importance of these cultural practices as a factor that refort the ties of sociability and collaborated on construction of their identities. In our fourth and last road reserve to reflect the festivities of preschools in the community. So, at work, we think how the memories connected to the slave past and the cultural practices of the community collaborated in the formation of their ethnic identity.