ABSTRACT
The Macrina neighborhood has been insurgent since its conception: a marginal territory donated to freed slaves, consisting of a hill without urban planning, where alleys and narrow streets snake through its undulating terrain. In the same historical period, the city of Alfredo Chaves proper was planned for Italian immigrants and affinity with European culture prevails. However, the ghetto inhabited by a black minority gains prominence through cultural dynamics in the streets, which territorialize African culture references on Alfredo Chaves soil. The empirical analysis transits between sacred and profane territories, represented in the form of three festivals: St. Benedict, Our Lady of Aparecida and Carnival. Recording through photographs and experience with the festive activities through attentive and active observation of and on the street are the main strategies for perceiving these festive collectives.
