O soar da zabumba: o quilombismo, identidade e territorialidade na Comunidade de Canudos/MG

Abstract

The present study leans towards the analysis of ancestral knowledge of the quilombola community of Canudos, which belongs to the Black Territory of Jahyba. The objective is to investigate the practices of quilombola struggle for the affirmation and recognition of the territory as a manifestation of quilombism, that is, a political project constituted by past/living experiences and traversed by the territoriality of affections and ways of being/living and feeling the quilombola agency in constant movement. Among the resistance practices in defense of territoriality, we choose the batuque and the foundation of Ngolo and the school space as central markers in the identity construction of the community group as a collective rights subject. The mobilized individuals interviewed are the residents of the community, among them, Mr. Nelson Rodrigues de Oliveira, Mrs. Filomena Cardoso Ramos, and the president of the Quilombola Federation of the State of Minas Gerais - N'Golo, Edna Correa. We use oral history as a methodology, a Once this approach contributes to making individuals heard, as well as allowing the exploration of memory and community identity through oral narratives. Furthermore, we also consulted the TECHNICAL REPORT ON IDENTIFICATION AND DELIMITATION (RTID) of the community (2005), in order to map the process of formation and certification of the quilombo. In this sense, we share the concept of 'escutavivência quilombola' for understanding political quilombismo, an experience in movement built through the sharing of rites, symbols, and practices, permeated by the territoriality of affections and rhythmic corporeality as modes of affirming the making of quilombola identity.