The Dona do Mato and other kilombo sertanejas stories

Abstract

The community of Volta Grande, belonging to the municipality of Barro Alto (Bahia hinterland) is a rich space in oral narratives that show the way of life and legitimize the identity of a community, originally quilombola. Thus, considering the cultural manifestations and customs related to the religious and artistic practices and expressed lifestyles and transmitted by oral tradition, this article aims - from a brief selection of stories told by a resident – Sr. Dequinha – analyze beliefs, customs, habits and relationships that pervade such stories. In addition to dialogue with authors such as Costa (2015), and Alcoforado (2005, 2008) among others, in an attempt to account for important aspects of oral poetry, intended to widen the search, thinking of the community based on a sociology of absences (SANTOS, 2002) and what it is understood as a colonialist perspective (MIGNOLO, 2008). We would present stories, myths and legends that make up the quilombola imaginary and constitute the intangible heritage of the community, to the extent that they are legitimizing elements of what we understand as a quilombosertaneja identity, originating from a hinterland that is rural black.