The two bands of the gourd: immaterial cultural heritage of Brazil

Abstract

The theme of this article “The two bands of the gourd: immaterial cultural heritage of Brazil” is the result of the rich experience and unfolding of the researches entitled “The gourds embroidered by Aritapera: knowledge, knowledge and art, and “Painting gourds, painting lives: tradition and art by the Camargo Fona family. Embroidered and painted gourds constitute an artisanal craft of indigenous origin, and its importance consists of the relationships, contexts and ways of life that involve the riverside and urban universe, their relationship with the Amazonian space, the use of natural resources and their maintenance for sustainable production of embroidered and painted gourds. All of these elements are of great interest to Humanistic Cultural Geography, as contemporary geographic studies have broadened their field of research by seeking to understand the spatial condition of human relations, as well as the symbolic dimension of culture. The aforementioned article has the challenge of exposing a theme little known in the academic context, and it is justified for enabling the debate and giving rise to new studies, by unveiling to society, the universe of Santarém's handicrafts. In this way, our objective is to understand the importance of recognizing and patrimonializing the way of knowing how to make handicrafts in gourds with regard to the two segments – embroidered and painted, in the municipality of Santarém-Pará.