Uma paisagem do cangaceirismo: possibilidades e desafios no desenvolvimento turístico como preservação do patrimônio cultural sertanejo na Grota do Angico, Poço Redondo-SE

Abstract

Grota Angico (Sergipe, Brazil) is a unique landscape, with only symbolic and identity representation. Stage one of the most important events of cangaceirismo, in northeastern Brazil. The Grota Angico was the place where Lampião (Lantern) and Maria Gomes de Oliveira (Maria Bonita) died, ambushed by police Alagoas. The cultural cangaceirismo traits, whether tangible or intangible, are here highlighted and earn landscaped contours, for example, their violent attitudes to non-followers of the movement, the nomadic way of walking in groups, often armed, their clothing that facilitated camouflage in moments of escape in the midst of the caatinga - a territory that was known to them. They are part of history and cultural heritage of the Brazilian northeast. Every event, archaeological or historical, happens in a certain portion of space, stage the events that shape a landscape. Thus, in the midst of views on the cultural landscape, as a category of heritage, it appears the proposal of preservation and enhancement of the territory belonging to Grota do Angico - that forms a distinctive cultural landscape, through the archaeological tourism. In Brazil, the archaeological tourism idea lacks studies and investments. For this reason, there is a need in this study, exploratory than conclusive. However, this research also indicate paths, opportunities and challenges for the local socio-economic development through the archaeological tourism, while preserving the cultural landscape in Grota do Angico (Sergipe, Brazil). For this research, we conducted a literature relevant to the topic title, field output and interviews with tour guide and visitors / tourists grota. recourse is this qualitative research to the theoretical postulates of landscape archeology, linked to the elements, also theoretical, anthropological tourist science, a parallel construction; since, archeology responds demonstrations involving archaeological sites. Finally, lists problems and point challenges and opportunities for local development, as well as characterize the cultural landscape of imbricated cangaceirismo in Grota Angico.