Entre aventuras, sofrimentos e a sorte de bamburrar: o percurso histórico da migração de homens residentes no Maranhão para os garimpos brasileiros (1980-1990)

Abstract

Starting from the transformations that took place in Maranhão, mainly in the rural areas of the Middle Mearim, this research seeks to analyze the migration of men resident in Maranhão, from 1980 to 1990 to gold miners. These migrations occurred simultaneously with the enactment and application of the so-called Sarney Land Law of 1969, which intensified the expulsion of “squatters” from their lands, in favor of agricultural projects, agro-industry, and extensive livestock. In the 1960s and subsequent decades, these transformations in the countryside led to the end of the time of unowned land and the beginning of land grabbing and expropriation. In this way, hundreds of men began to venture in search of gold and precious stones in the northern region, and in other regions of Brazil and South American countries where there were miners. We will also analyze the representations created around the currutelas, structured citadels and very close to the mining. We will try to identify how these migrants returned and the presence of women within the mines. We will discuss the bibliography available on the topic of migration to gold mining and use as main documentation in this research, news published in the main newspapers of Maranhão and oral history interviews with narratives of men from the region of Mearim - MA, who temporarily migrated to the miners. and today live in the city of Bacabal - MA.