{"id":40733,"date":"2017-12-08T11:14:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=40733"},"modified":"2017-12-11T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T14:26:53","slug":"recently-certified-and-protected-camorim-quilombo-celebrates-and-remembers-brazils-resistance-to-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=40733","title":{"rendered":"Recently Certified Quilombo Camorim Celebrates & Remembers Brazil’s Resistance to Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Por<\/strong>tugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Concluding Black Awareness<\/a> week on November 26, the Cultural Association of the Camorim Quilombo (ACUCA) hosted its sixteenth traditional feijoada<\/em> in honor of Afro-Brazil’s greatest resistance leaders Dandara and Zumbi dos Palmares<\/a> in Jacarepagu\u00e1<\/a>, in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s West Zone<\/a>. This was the first time the event was held on the quilombo\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0(maroon community) own land, which made the day all the more special.<\/p>\n

Adilson Almeida, founder and president of ACUCA, kicked off the afternoon in high spirits, saying \u201cthis cultural and historical event is already a huge victory.\u201d The undertaking of the event within the territory itself would not have been possible if the quilombo<\/a> was not the owner of this land, the result of more than a decade of struggle<\/a>. The Camorim Quilombo\u00a0received its certification<\/a> from the Palmares Cultural Foundation<\/a> (FPC) three years ago, which recognized the community\u2019s self-identification as a quilombo in 2014, and the Engenho do Camorim Archaeological Site<\/a> was recently certified by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage<\/a> (IPHAN) as a place of cultural and historical significance.<\/p>\n

The certification by the FPC is required under presidential decree in order to obtain the collective title to the land from the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform<\/a> (INCRA). Camorim’s process with INCRA is ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The recognition process for the Engenho do Camorim Archaeological Site relied on the technical support of the archaeologist and doctoral student Silvia Peixoto<\/a>, who opened the event alongside Almeida. For her, the event\u2019s occurrence for the first time within this space was \u201cof immeasurable importance, because it\u2019s a really important cultural and political appropriation of the space. An archaeological site is everyone\u2019s heritage, and more than anyone, this space belongs to the Camorim Quilombo.\u201d Her survey of the quilombo\u2019s history revealed an archaeological site with more than 7,000 artifacts from the mid-seventeenth century. A guided tour of the quilombo<\/a> was created to share and celebrate this legacy.<\/p>\n

Almeida and Peixoto mourned the destruction of a number of these artifacts, as well as large swaths of trees native to the Atlantic Forest<\/a>, after Living, a subsidiary of the construction group Cyrela, began\u00a0development on the quilombo lands to house the Rio 2016 Olympic Media Village<\/a> and subsequently sell the properties on the real estate market<\/a>. But as an archaeological site, the land is now protected from any further forms of construction, Peixoto explained. Almeida would now like for the new residents in the new condominium to come to the quilombo and get to know the land in which they have chosen to live. The president of ACUCA announced an open invitation for these new residents, as well as people from other parts of the city, to come to the quilombo and do away with any negative image they may have of the space: \u201cWe live and breathe history here, so let\u2019s hope we can all come together.\u201d Various activities such as eco walks<\/a>, visits to the archaeological area, and school field trips are already being organized within the quilombo space.<\/p>\n

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Events like the traditional feijoada<\/em> cook-out at the Camorim Quilombo help deconstruct the negative image people have of quilombos along with the prejudice<\/a> and racism<\/a> that go along with them. Almeida and ACUCA want to revive the area\u2019s history<\/a> and convey a positive image of the space through its culture<\/a>, traditions, history, and celebration. The events are secular and open to everyone regardless of religious background. Indeed, this is a central issue for ACUCA, which hosts an annual debate addressing religious intolerance.<\/p>\n

For activist Sandra Helena Lobato, who was at the event, initiatives like the quilombo’s\u00a0feijoada<\/em>\u00a0are essential for reconciling and demystifying the image of quilombos. As a member of the Baptist Church and a militant black activist, she believes the ability to separate art<\/a> and culture from religion is important for helping people come together. In the context of recent attacks against followers of Afro-Brazilian religions<\/a>, \u201cit is exceedingly important to show that we can and must unite while respecting one another\u2019s religion.\u201d However, Lobato also expressed her disappointment at how many locals still don\u2019t understand and empathize with this struggle or the need to support it. For her, an event like this is essential for black people to appear and position themselves in a positive light in a covertly racist society.<\/p>\n

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Events like the feijoada<\/em> in honor of Dandara<\/a> and Zumbi dos Palmares<\/a> are necessary to continue strengthening black and quilombo identities so that \u201cyoung people have a consciousness of being from a quilombo, and know they don’t have to bow their head to anyone,\u201d Almeida said.<\/p>\n

In addition to the amazing feijoada<\/em>, there was also no shortage of celebration and culture. A variety of activities livened up the entire afternoon: a\u00a0jongo<\/a>\u00a0dance workshop with the participation of kids from the capoeira<\/a> project, a pagode band from Mesquita<\/a> (a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro) singing songs of black resistance, an \u201cAfroFashion\u201d show with clothes inspired by different countries in\u00a0Africa<\/a>, and a poetry<\/a> slam hosted by the youth group Slam N\u00f3s da Rua. As such, \u201cevery person had a part in creating this environment, part of the history that belongs to all,\u201d Almeida said emotionally.<\/p>\n

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To book a visit, call Adilson Almeida at +55 21 98320 2634 or get in touch via the Facebook page<\/a> or the ACUCA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ACUCA would like to thank and acknowledge\u00a0a number of partners in the event’s success: Anderson Awvas from Ilustra\u00e7\u00e3o e Design, Nega Rosa, Bijucaliente Moda and Cia, Dith Biju, Silvia Helena from Claridanda Artesanato, Lucimar Trancista from Dream Hair, F\u00e1tima Balbi from Mary Key, Eliane Ribeiro from Oficina de Abayomis, Maria Rivanilda from Odara Mania de Ser, Amaury and Tadeu from By Soares, Daniel Farias from Elo e Urucum, Universo Submerso, and Cl\u00ednica da Fam\u00edlia from Curicica, as well as INEA and all those whose participation made the event so special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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