Poetic voices and quilombola (re)existences of the Raízes do Samba de Tocos Group by Antônio Cardoso – BA

Abstract

The life and stories of mestres and mestras, sambadores and sambadeiras of the group Raízes do Samba de Tocos by Antonio Cardoso - BA traditional knowledge constitute precious poetic and narrative source embodied in sambas and traditional stories by the group. In this sense, this article intends to make visible the interaction and collection of the voices of the oral cultural repertoire and the Afro-Brazilian ancestral references from the survey and registration of their oral repertoire. It is the result of the research actions of the project Cacimba de histórias: vidas e saberes dos contadores de histórias tradicionais de cidades do interior da Bahia, (UEFS/ UFSB/UNILAB), study focuses on accessing the oral and autobiographical narratives of the masters of rural samba. The theoretical and methodological contribution is based on Benjamin's theory (1994), on Costa's (2015) conceptions about traditional narrators, Ferraroti's (1988) theory about the autonomy of the autobiographical method, and Hampaté Bâ's (1977) conceptions about oral tradition in African communities. The narrative source inserts the sambadores/sambadeiras of the Raízes do Samba de Tocos among the keepers of ancestral voices that re-enact black (re)existences in the interior of Bahia.