A representatividade feminina da dança do boi-bumbá no contexto sociocultural de alunas da Escola Estadual Profa. Ondina de Paula Ribeiro em Manaus/Am.

Abstract

The present study and the main focus of the research is anchored in the representativeness, empowerment and visibility of Amazonian women through the dance of the Queen of Folklore, item 08 of the Parintins Folklore Festival. Our main objective was to bring to the knowledge of the high school students of the State School Profa. Ondina de Paula Ribeiro, the possibilities of understanding our place as women in the Amazonian social and cultural context through the importance of this traditional figure of our folklore. The great relevance of the study was to delve into this theme in order to contribute so that young women of the present day understand the value and possibilities that each one ha through the representativeness of the feminine of Item 08 – Queen of Folklore, a mandatory item of the Boi Bumbá de Parintins. Our main purpose was to investigate and portray how this representative item can contribute to the empowerment of women in the current social context. Currently, this feminine image has become a great representation and admiration for many girls in the region who seek to be highlighted, respected,admired and revered not only as a woman of great cultural personification, but a determined, brave woman who can be whoever and whatever she wants inside and outside any arena where the show takes place. Thus, the methodological choices that were used to carry out the present research, in order to achieve all the objectives proposed by it, were historical, bibliographic, field, exploratory and descriptive, bringing to the center of discussions and practices the history, female empowerment, the movements and transformations that took place in the dance of the Queen of Folklore over time. This study is justified by the fact that we understand that in current times it is necessary to alert our women to the still very strong permanence of the regime of patriarchy and permanent and incessant gender violence throughout the national territory.