Una Festival: Memorial de um Projeto Cultural

Abstract

This work presents a descriptive memorial and planning for the Una Festival, which presents in its body the intention of promoting the recovery and integration of historical and contemporary cultural manifestations of the Municipality of Valença, Bahia, located in the low-south region of the state. The project proposes, based on the integration of knowledge among intellectuals, local people, and cultural organizations, through curation and the opening of a call for proposals, to promote discussions among the municipal student body and civil society on topics such as identity, appreciation, recovery, and cultural rights, while exposing its audience to presentations of local artistic and cultural modalities such as bumba meu boi, quadrilhas junina, philharmonic, Zambiapunga, capoeira groups, and cultural expressions from terreiros originating from African-based religions, indigenous peoples, and quilombolas settled in the region, as well as artists selected through a call for proposals. The project intends to be held annually in November, between the city's anniversary and the Patron Saint's Feast.