Poeta e tradutor de mundo: o compositor de samba-enredo no carnaval de Natal/RN

Abstract

The present doctoral thesis intends to perceive the role of composer in the ritual process of samba story construction for the annual carnival parade in Natal/RN. The samba story is an artistic-cultural aspect of samba school in which we found an intense process of dialogic interaction making a complex network of social relations, immersed in dialogues and tensions, within and without of samba school. Through the ethnographic experience and with the aid of historical sources, we reflect, within the extraordinary carnival time, this plot about the samba story composition, focusing on the composer as cultural mediator, his vision and translation of real world that surrounds him, as well as established relationships with the other actors, especially the carnival designer and samba’s co-authors, including the network of meanings in which he is involved since the plot story’s launch until the end of carnival parade.