THE LIVING TRADITION OF THE PATRIMONY “GOOD HAIR”
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Our article deals with the Brazilian nativist insurrection called “Massacre de Alto Alegre” in 1901, a conflict between Guajajara Indians and Capuchin missionaries in the city of Barra do Corda, Maranhão, Brazil. The title triggers classificatory categories of distinctive ethnicity between blacks and Indians, by the “good hair” of the Indian, and “bad hair” of the black. The oral tradition historicizes the figure of Manoel Pereira, “Oiô”, and Maria Nascimento, “Aiá”. Socially, Manoel was known by the patronym “Manoel Cabelo Bom”, straight hair, his hair functioning as an “ethnic distinctive” in the cultural fabric. The “Cabelo Bom” as Afro-Indian guardians was honored in the family by their descendants “cafuzos”, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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