O cururu e o siriri entre a margem e o palco: projetos, narrativas e interesses na construção de uma identidade cultural em Mato Grosso no decorrer do século xx

Abstract

This research aims to elucidate how in the state of Mato Grosso the process of establishing a cultural identity resulted from a complex interface between objective and discursive factors, such as language, territory, common history and the creation of regional symbols, all of which , combined with the direct and creative intervention of intellectuals and politicians linked to institutions and the State itself, tasked and challenged with defining a subjective aspect of regional collective memory. In this sense, the singing and dancing manifestations of Cururu and Siriri, typical of popular, rural and marginalized culture, began to be given new meanings, became more dynamic, and throughout the 20th century, through the social, cultural and political ordering of the state and of the country, were seized as symbolic aspects of the imagined community which, in turn, sought to symbolically channel expressiveness of a so-called Mato Grosso tradition and culture. The integrationist projects of the New State (1937-1945) and the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985), as well as the fears generated by the waves of migration, especially from the south, to the state, the territorial and administrative rupture with the division and subsequent creation of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in 1977, in addition to interests in economic development, led institutions, politicians, intellectuals and cultural producers, mainly from zone Cuiabana, to reflect and commit to the implementation of an effective identity narrative based on the practices of Cururu and Siriri, thus aiming to integrate the people of Mato Grosso in the face of the challenges imposed by contemporary times in a phenomenon whose effects are still reverberating.