City Gloss

Although the transmission of the cultural traditions to be made through the verbal tradition, the demographic emptinesses become real barriers for this diffusion, therefore, many legends and manifestations if had lost throughout the time. For Joo of Jesus Loureiro Breads, beyond not having integration between its microregions, it has the isolation of the great urban centers that finish for characterizing it as peripheral area. But, happily the verbal tradition still is the best way to keep the alive culture, is through it that the new generations have knowledge on legends as the Anhag, the Lobisomem, the Bolina, Amazon, the Uirapuru, the Muiraquit, Hipupiara, the Curupira, the Jurupari, the Kepi- Morning, the Mayua, the Tupana, the Boto, the Paromina-Minare, the Curupira, Rud, the Tambataj, the Sun and the Moon and the Baira, beyond Ox and of the Carimb, resultants of this intercruzamento of cultures. During the process of the settling strong presence of the church was registered catholic, marked for the presence of the Jesuits, who had established fort domination on the aboriginals, intervening with the religiosidade politesta, imposing the cult monotesta. So that the understanding was faster and easy, the Jesuits had created teatrais productions that portraied in playful way the ideology catholic, this influence if she makes to feel in the teatrais representations of the region. We have as example the junino bird, form of popular theater with appearance of opereta that it is used of aboriginal msticos elements. During the catequizao of the tribes. However, the teatrais representations had served of instrument of manifestation and resistance, for in such a way, folclorista Vicente Salles cites the Sair, the Marabaixo, the cultural Marujada and Marambir However representations partner of the Amazonian population if do not limit its teatrais myths and legends, and presentations, are speaking of something ampler, a style of so peculiar life that another part of the globe cannot be found in none.