The carnival party in São Luís and the traditional groups

Abstract

A reflection on the adaptations of the carnival party at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century, based on the behavior of hegemonic centers of the “Momo” culture and the development of the cultural manifestation Traditional Groups of Maranhão (BTMs), in an attempt to better understand the performance of such groups as sociability phenomena in the metropolitan region of the capital of Maranhão. It brings out how the carnival demonstration was naturalized and hybridized in our country and how the adequacy of this festival was processed, pointing out that, “in 1890, the republic was newly proclaimed, seeking to establish itself politically throughout the country, which ended up enabling the creation of regional oligarchies whose political dominance endured long ", a fact that was also assimilated by carnival culture.