ARAÚJO FILHO, A. R.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1000357643011182; ARAÚJO FILHO, Arôdo Romão de.
Abstract:
In the year 1976, in the middle of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship, in the city of Campina
Grande, in the interior of the state of Paraíba, it started to happen the First Winter Festival of
the city. The event, which lasted 30 days, brought artists from various Brazilian states to the
festival and began a tradition that has been lasting for forty-two years. The present study
investigates the construction of this event, elucidating, during three chapters, the Scenario -
national and local - in which this experience developed, the Main Characters, responsible for
the articulation of a festival of this proportion, and also the Scenes that are throughout these
days of various programming. Through a bibliographical survey and the crossing of different
types of sources, the research points to the existence of a favorable scenario for the
development of festivals, especially in the 1970s. Above all, due to the emergence of a
targeted public and government investments. Another important point stands out in the local
scenario, with a mayor allied to the military, the presence of an imposing name of the national
cultural scene in Campina Grande as patron of these festivities, and the strength of a
representative of the local elite, articulating their contacts and building the first edition of the
oldest art and culture festival in the city.