Herança cultural nordestina: o Folguedo do Cavalo Marinho como uma possibilidade para aplicação da Lei nº 10.639/03 na Educação Física

Abstract

The “Cavalo Marinho” is a common merriment in the northern region of Pernambuco and southtern region in the state of Paraíba and is characterized by its extravagance in the presentations, portraying the rural daily life of sugar cane workers. Their performances take place during the Christmas cycle, having both religious and profane elements. It is composed of more than 70 different characters, who have their own songs, mannerisms and identities. It is a cultural artifact that carries African and indigenous traits, dating back to the history of Brazil. We understand its propagation that as a cultural element is a way of complying with the regulations of Law 10.639/03, which provides guidelines on the teaching of Afro-Indian history and culture in Brazil. This work aims to open the debate on the effectiveness of law 10.639/03 in classrooms. For this, a bibliographic research was carried out on knowledge agglutinating sites, seeking to identify the frequency of publications with the theme addressed, and for this, the portals were used: “Revista Brasileira de Esporte Coletivo (UFPE)”, “Revista Brasileira de Educação Física (USP)”, “Revista Conexões (UNICAMP)” and the “CAPES Periodicals” Portal. From the results obtained, a table was built with the total sum of the articles found, which were distributed into three categories: "Cavalo Marinho", which is the object of study, "Afro-indigenous Culture" and "Fantastic Four", the data found of this sum were: 0 (zero) articles published with the theme "Sea Horse" in physical education, 88 (eighty-eight) articles with the theme of "Afro-indigenous Culture" and (930) nine hundred and thirty articles with the theme "Quartet Fantastic” in physical education. The data found show an existing discrepancy in the teaching of physical education in relation to the use of law 10.639/03, which is the result of the need to deepen the knowledge of our culture, since Brazil has most of the black or brown population, and teaching should be a reflection of who we are, of our cultural identity.