As festas juninas no Rio de Janeiro: entre o fazer e o manter nas relações sociais

Abstract

In the context of cultural representations, in which memory is linked, it is clear that the valuation of images from the past has been attributed to the collective memory of groups, within which individuals remain united by memories, histories or times that are particular to them. Or that in some way were relevant to its origins. Other processes concern their preservation as group identities, as expression, form or activity. Over the generations, June festivals have been re-signified and maintained for various reasons, and, to what is presented, there are elements that represent the diversity of formation of the Brazilian people, shaping the Brazilian cultural multiplicity and dynamics. June traditions are then created in schools, communities and institutions as celebrations of all formats and fashions. Allied to its genesis, as a form of thanksgiving for food, culminating in the idea of ​​abundance, sociability, the fortification of family ties, and even in faith and religiosity, the rituals of prayer and thanksgiving to the land and the ancient gods, now in the form of saints it is gaining efforts and is one of the expressions kept in the four corners of the country. From there, this work seeks, through participant observation, to bring to the Baixada Fluminense, not only the mapping of June festivals, but the recognition of acts, gestures, clothing and historical contexts in which the formation and maintenance of June party groups throughout of generations. With this reference, the aim is to unveil the processes that took place over time and collectively in June's memory.