A gente reza quando vai batizar o boi: a resistência do Boi de Pindaré

Abstract

This study analyses different aspects of the Boi de Pindaré, a bumba-meu-boi group, such as community relations, forms of resistance, and state actions aimed at incorporating this cultural manifestation into the market through staged performances. It examines the group’s ritual phases and their connections with debates on tradition, customs, and identity. The study seeks to reinterpret categories and concepts drawn both from theory and from the vocabulary used by social actors, and to investigate internal dimensions intrinsic to the Boi, such as the sense of belonging and the idea of community, in order to understand the group’s internal dynamics. The methodology is based on bibliographical research as well as fieldwork, including interviews, direct observation, and photographic documentation of elements of the Boi de Pindaré.