Meu boi é notícia: o bumba-meu-boi nos jornais maranhenses

Abstract

This work has been explained by means of photographs from newspapers like the Bumba meu-boi was portrayed to the public by the press Maranhão and how was their relationship from the 1960s to the present day, but with greater emphasis on decades of 1980 and 1990. We work with three newspapers published in the capital, but in larger quantities with the newspaper O Estado do Maranhão, belonging to the family Samey. In this research work the image displayed on the matter, in most cases, but in some moments to describe the full news story. We also approach the government Roseana Samey, its relationship with popular culture and female participation in groups, their characters and how the cultural circularity can contribute to better understand the society in which we live and of which we are part.