Bode Rei de Cabaceiras: análise dos atrativos turísticos, culturais e gastronômicos.

Abstract

The” King Goat party”, attracts approximately 60,000 tourists to Cabaceiras and has in its program the goat leather handicraft fair, the expofeira, musical attractions and a vast cultural program distributed in three days of celebration, where his majesty the "Goat King "wins the deserved highlight. A strong point of the celebration is the "goat gastronomy" that offer from typical dishes made with goat meat to food and beverage options created for the party and that incorporated the city's programming. Carrying out the historical record of the cultural manifestations of the different peoples, as well as evaluating the forms of preparation and consumption of traditional recipes is of fundamental importance for the strengthening of the gastronomic identity of a locality, since it contains a part of the history of one and / or several regions that have been passed between members of families and social circles and which, irretrievably, has been losing part of its essence due to global transformations in the way people feed. In view of the above, the present study had as objective to evaluate the cultural, tourist and gastronomic attractions of the ” King Goat party” in Cabaceiras. Data collection was done in the city of Cabaceiras, Paraíba, Brazil, during the celebration of the ” King Goat party”, in 2016 and 2017. The program of the party was accompanied and recorded through photos and videos. Also used was the Oral History methodology that consists of the recorded interview with people who can testify about events, conjunctures, institutions, way of life and other aspects of contemporary history. The results showed the cultural richness and diversified in the three days of celebration. Coronation of the goat King, gincanas, parades, dance groups (folklore) and folklore promote the strengthening of goat breeding and allow the tourist to know the culture and the craftsmanship of goat leather produced in Cariri Paraíba. The "goat gastronomy" presents from simple and typical dishes to adaptations of recipes with other cuts for goat meat, as well as creations such as the "Xixi de Cabrita" drink in order to diversify the products for the tourist that comes to the festivities. The municipality of Cabaceiras is an example of a municipality that reinvented itself from the creation or better use of tourist attractions as an alternative to address the problems that afflict the region. The Festival of the King Goat, contributes strongly as a tourist attraction bringing a large number of tourists who on the days of celebration know the culture, history and gastronomy of the locality while driving the economy of the region. Despite the broad programming and richness of options, it can be observed that the state can better take advantage of the celebration in order to publicize other localities and other gastronomic options, encouraging participants to get to know other municipalities in the state.