Festa de Reis de Ribeirópolis : cultura, história e tradição

Abstract

The Festa dos Caretas is a cultural event that takes place in several regions of Brazil. This festival was brought to the country by the Spanish and, mainly, by the Portuguese, who colonized the country. In this way, Brazilians inherited part of their culture. However, it has undergone transformations over time. The present work has as its object of research the Festa de Reis of the city of Ribeirópolis, focusing on the folk group Os Caretas, the main attraction of the festival in the city of Sergipe. The method used to develop this article was quantitative research. The theoretical basis was composed by the following authors: Clifford Geertz (1978), Chartier (1990), Émile Durkheim (1996), Luís da Câmara Cascudo (1954), Mircea Eliade (1959), Roque de Baros Laraia (2001), among others, who contributed to understanding the particularities of the festival of masks in Ribeirópolis, its history, as well as its sociocultural importance. Furthermore, it sought to establish a relationship between its religious and secular character. Given the results obtained, it can be concluded that over the years, the Festa de Reis de Ribeirópolis has undergone numerous transformations: going from a small private event to a major cultural event, earning the label of Cultural and Intangible Heritage of the State of Sergipe.