Tourist-Communicational Ecosystem in Cirandas of Manacapuru – Amazon

• Autores: Maria Luiza Cardinale Baptista, Gernei Góes dos Santos
• Localización: Journal of Social Sciences: Transformations & transitions, ISSN-e 2792-3843, Vol. 3, Nº. 6 (Monographic Issue 3(06) – SAPERE AUDE - CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC “COM-VERSATIONS), 2023, págs. 87-122
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article presents a partial report of a research on the Brazilian Amazon, entitled Ciranda de Manacapuru as a metaphor for the Amazon: signs of the touristic, communicational, and subjective ecosystem of the region. Ciranda de Manacapuru is a popular dance festival that takes place every year in August in the municipality of Manacapuru, located in the Metropolitan Region of Manaus, in the state of Amazonas, in northern Brazil. This is an event promoted by the State and local government with the participation of three ciranda associations: Flor Matizada, Guerreiros Mura, and Tradicional. This festival is considered the largest Festival of Cirandas in the state, attracting around 50,000 tourists every year. During the Covid19 pandemic, the festival was presented by social media platforms (2020 and 2021). In this cultural manifestation of the city, an important sign of local tourism can be seen, considering the various agents involved, which is capable of attracting a differentiated, expressive, and consumer public. In theoretical terms, the research is being developed with an ecosystemic-complex orientation, which has been marking the studies of AMORCOMTUR! – Study Group on Communication, Tourism, Amouroness, and Autopoiesis. The methodological strategy isthe Cartography of Knowledge, qualitative, procedural, and multi-methodological, with development in fiveinvestigative paths: We-interlaces, Personal Knowledge, Theoretical Knowledge, Production Plant, andIntuitive Research Dimension. The preliminary results indicated the expressive power of the narrativesproduced in the Cirandas by the various subjects involved, which makes it possible to reflect on the Tourism-Communication Ecosystemic plot that is established, evaluating the interrelationship of the city ofManacapuru and the cultural manifestation of Ciranda as an autopoietic power