Do coco um cocar : a tradição do coco de roda potiguara e a busca pela ancestralidade na dança.

Abstract

This research explores the "coco de roda" and the search for ancestry. It emerges from a process of updating memories of experiences and observations as a member of the Potiguara indigenous community of Baía da Traição, Paraíba. It is considered that the "coco de roda," as well as other dances and customs, contribute to the development of ethnocultural identity. This work aims to reaffirm it as a practice specific to the Potiguara indigenous people, alive and present, and to understand it as a means of awakening the search for ancestry. The research methodology was developed through bibliographic research conducted in theses, articles, and books; semi structured and open interviews; as well as videographic research and photographs available on the internet. The research results in this monograph as well as a bodily and audiovisual experiment based on ancestral memories, a living body-memory that carries its own trajectory. These results contribute to the field of dance through the knowledge of Potiguara culture. Furthermore, it adds to this community reflections and expressions that prompt us to think about the "coco de roda" as a manifestation that reaffirms Potiguara culture, perpetuating it and thus making it potent for our process of ancestry and belonging.