Medeiros, Rosie Marie Nascimento deFreire, Isabel Batista2015-12-162022-06-152015-12-162022-06-152015FREIRE, Isabel Batista. Linguagem simbólica e cultural do Maracatu. 2015. 92f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Educação Física)–Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2015.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/48081I understand the Maracatu as a way of recognizing thousands of meanings, using culture as a means of expression, reading and language and symbols as a way to express the true sense past by the African culture in Brazil, resignified today in many ways through dance, broadening horizons and confirming the cultural and symbolic universe involved as an essential source of knowledge. In this sense, we ask, what cultural and symbolic elements are highlighted in Maracatu ? Thus, we aimed to reflect on the symbolic and cultural language present in Maracatu from the meanings attributed to his characters and present contributions to the understanding of dance in the area of Physical Education. In this manner, this study uses the Qualitative Research, supported by the adoption of the phenomenological attitude of Merleau-Ponty, as philosophical movement centered on shared life experiences to other experiences. Highlight the phenomenological reduction as a way to achieve new meanings and cultural and symbolic meanings in the Maracatu. Therefore, I bring to compose the reflections of this study, knowledge symbolic and cultural present in the choreography of Maracatu presented by Parafolclórico UFRN Group in 2000, the show's debut titled Folguedos. As a research technique will be used the network of meanings, in order to enable us to approach the senses and meanings emanating from the phenomenon as a whole sources such as analysis and description of the videos, interview with some dancers who have experienced it with maracatu Parafolclórico Group. Think learning through cultural and symbolic universe from the dance in physical education is to create spaces of appropriation of knowledge produced by revelers, dancers or performers, making this meaningful learning.openAccessAn error occurred getting the license - uri.MaracatuCulturaSímbolos e Educação FísicaMaracatuCultureSymbols and Physical EducationbachelorThesis