Cultura alimentar, patrimônio e turismo : um estudo sobre a castanha de caju do Povoado Carrilho - Itabaiana/Sergipe

Abstract

Povoado Carrilho is located in the Sergipe municipality of Itabaiana and stands out for its work in the benefitof cashew nuts. The importance of the fruit for the region and its processing process made the food become Intangible Cultural Heritage of the State of Sergipe, on July 17, 2017, through State Law No. 8,262. The scope of this work is to analyze the importance of cashew nuts for the community of Povoado Carrilho, as well as its relationship with the tourist activity, considering its mode of production as Intangible Heritage of the State of Sergipe. For this it was necessary to investigate the economic, social and cultural importance of cashew nuts for the allusive SE community; d to write the way of knowing how to make the cashew nut of Povoado Carrilho, which transformed it into Intangible Heritage of the State of Sergipe andto identify the relationship between the production of the chestnut, the community of Povoado Carrilho and tourism. The methodology used to carry out the work was qualitative research. As for the means was classified in bibliographical, in addition to field research, through data collection in Povoado Carrilho, with the use of intensive direct observation. The interview was also used as a research technique. From the approaches brought it can be verified that the allusive food, its mode of production and the relationship with the tourist activity can contribute to the development of the community of Povoado Carrilho, since it would be another source of income and subsistence for local residents, in addition to the possibility of improvement in the quality of life, in the basic and access infrastructure.