SOUSA, J. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5671141128771117; SOUSA, Joatan Soares de.
Abstract:
The present research was born out of the interest in the quilombolas of the Umarizal
community (Baião / PA), awakened from the contact with these people, which occurred
through a specialization research in Afro-Brazilian Culture, held in 2010. The dimension of
reality of this quilombo pointed out instigating elements that led us to understand how
important it was to deal with matters pertinent to the local knowledge of these remnants of
quilombolas from Umarizal. In this sense, the research was based on questions about the
Traditional Knowledge that characterize the Quilombola Community of Umarizal, and how
these knowledge are being transmitted from generation to generation. Thus, we defined as a
general objective to analyze the traditional knowledge that characterize the Quilombola
Community of Umarizal, taking into account the transmission of these knowledge through
everyday experiences, considering the important cultural aspects that are preserved from
generation to generation. The discussions were based on the following authors: GEERTZ (1989,
1997), PINTO (2002, 2004, 2011), DIEGUES (2000), SANTOS (2012), DA SILVA E
NASCIMENTO (2000), SILVA e SILVA GARCIA (2012). The research methodology was
performed through documentary analysis, field research, locus observation and, as a resource
for data collection, oral history was used. The categories of informants were selected
according to participation criteria in the movements organized by the community. it was
pointed out: young people, point of view of conjugal relations; Leadership of the
representativeness of the quilombola association; families that participate actively in the
current conjuncture of the movements carried out in the quilombo and; individual that lives in
the community, but is not considered a quilombola. These categories were oral sources in the
course of this work and were called by their proper names, according to the declaration of
Free informed. Through this resource, that is, oral history will be able to collect information
regarding the importance of traditional knowledge to the community. The locus of research is
the community of Umarizal, district of the city of Baião-Pará. The traditional knowledge of
the Quilombola community of Umarizal, object of this research, are found in natural
medicine, as in the plants and roots used for home remedies; in labor performed at home; in
dances and songs with instruments of Afro-Brazilian culture; at religious festivals; in the
preparation of land for subsistence agriculture; in vegetable extractivism.
