Mestres da cultura popular sergipana: Seu Jorge e o grupo união

Abstract

This article aims to draw a biographical overview of a great master and contributor to Sergipe culture, named Jorge dos Santos, better known as “Mestre Jorge”, founder of Grupo União, who contributes so much to Sancristovense culture, with its dances that are always present on commemorative dates. Seu Jorge's life is marked by a great influence of folklore that has caught his attention since he was little. Throughout his life he was permeated by changes that served as a mold until the realization of something that has always pulsed within him, a cultural fervor, involving environments that served as learning until reaching his greatest achievement, which was the formation of the group that made him known throughout Brazil and allowed him to be recognized as a master.