Os mangaeiros nas feiras-livres do Natal: desvendando os saberes da tradição

Abstract

This study it approaches the cultural activity of the mangaeiros, investigating the knowing of tradition from data collected in empirical research in four free markets of the City of the Christmas (Alecrim, Carrasco, Cidade da Esperança, Rocas). The research calls attention for the presence, in these free markets, of the knowing of the tradition. It was looked, therefore, to understand which the directions that the mangaeiros attribute its activities developed in the daily one of the free markets of this city. The methodology prioritizes the etnografia, photos, half-structuralized application of questionnaires and interviews. The theoretical base consists of reflections of authors as Clifford Geertz, Gerd Bornheim, Cláudio Luiz di Stasi, Robert Cardoso Oliveira, Luis of the Cascudo Chamber among others.