THE YABAS MARKET AND THE PROJECT "RIO AFRODIGITAL MUSEUM: memory among generations in the Grande Madureira’s backyards of samba”

Abstract

Abstract: This article aims to reflect on memory, samba and cultural policies from the results obtained by the research project "Afrodigital Museum Rio: memory among generations in the Grande Madureira’s backyards of samba” developed by the Afrodigital Museum, Rio: (http: /www.museuafrorio.uerj.br/), in the period 2012-2016. It is a digital museum, connected to a national network with other museums of the same nature, whose objective is the preservation of the history and memory of Afro-Brazilians in the state of Rio de Janeiro. This research project was dedicated to investigating the rituals and traditions that permeate the celebrations held in the backyards of the houses of the "aunts" of the samba, of the mothers of saint, of the jongueiros and cooks of the Afro-religious cuisine in Grande Madureira, region of the city of Rio de Janeiro. This region concentrates a great number of manifestations and associations of African matrix. We conclude that the backyard is a space of sociability and a privileged place for living and performing practices that go from the profane to the religious, and that somehow still bring back memories of past generations.

Keywords: Cultural policies. Digital Museum. Memory. Samba. Gastronomy. Sociability.