Eventos e visibilidade: o caso da consolidação do carnaval de rua de Uruguaiana

Abstract

The mentioned work of conclusion of course tried to study the popular celebration, that composes one of the most differentiated types of rituals and customs in different periods of the history of the humanity, the carnival. For this purpose, the Uruguaiana Street Carnival, located on the western border of Rio Grande do Sul, was chosen as the research object. The motivation of the research emerged from the researcher's familiarity with the theme, and the merit of accomplishment for contemplating a moment of the history of the event, being a study of local, regional, national and international relevance. As well as, it supports the theoretical lack, very few studies are contemplating the event. In order to contribute to the historical heritage and cultural heritage of Uruguaiana. The research sought to understand how the consolidation of the event occurred, seeking to make a historical rescue of the event through bibliographical, documentary and exploratory research; to point out the event as a cultural heritage of the municipality; to identify the factors that contributed to the consolidation of the event through a questionnaire applied to the personalities of the Uruguayan carnival; and transform oral history into study. The case study was based on the chosen methodology, due to the need for a qualitative research, because we are able to help in the understanding of the object and the possibility of using several modes of data collection, such as: exploratory, bibliographic, and interview. As a result, we identified that the consolidation took place after 2005, where the Uruguaiana Street Carnival became Out of Season, a fact motivating this research, in addition to a union of factors that contributed to the consolidation of the event.