Brincantes do silêncio: a atuação do Estado Ditatorial no carnaval do Recife (1968-1975)

Abstract

This paper has the objective to show how the Martial State actuated in Brazil during Leaden Years beyond Carnival, a popular party known by the irreverence, improvise and inversion of standard values observed day by day on society. So, it‟s necessary to notice that exists a relationship of forces between the social actors involved on the party, facing it as an escape and guarantee of some rules by Direct State like freedom; and a second force, expressed by a specific law in favor of order, good habits and avoid subversion. Even so, the repression of State to the popular parties aren‟t a new practice, the characteristics that involved the Dictatorship in Brazil between 1968 and 1975 consent an analysis with more details to understand how was the answer showed by the representative power in respect to the behavior of those ones and observe in proportion to changes and permanencies about this relationship of forces. Along of three chapters, has an intention to present, through documents, newspapers and memories, the trajectory of Martial State on a period of more obscure practices about Brazilian Dictatorship, and his performance in connection to the Carnival party. At the first chapter, we have a historical analysis about how the Carnival has repressed by the State and the moderate imposed, as well as the changes and permanencies tempted. The second chapter approach a political analysis of the facts, called for involve the direct participation of the powers executive and legislative taken with Momo‟s triduo, putting in relief the relationship about civil and military people. The last one has an intention to contemplate the utilization of memories, be it participators of the Carnival or members of the Army very important to the period, investigating the methods to define the party, as well as the participation of the State, overcoat the direct action about the first one.