Chegança

The Chegança is a dramatic dance game in Brazilian music that belongs to the group of Pastorí dances.

The scenic folk games tell of the struggle between Christians and the Moors , taking up motifs from stories told by sailors and knight reps . It is identical to the Moros y Cristianos in Spanish-speaking Latin America and goes back to the Galician- Portuguese Villancicos of the 17th century, but also has similarities with the minuet of the 17th and 18th centuries.

It is predominantly widespread in the north and north-east regions of Brazil, where, in the folk tradition, the fear of an incursion by the Moors remained alive for a long time.

literature

• Marco Camarotti Rosa: Animation, Affirmation, Anarchy: Folk Performance in Brazil. In: Clive Barker, Simon Trussler (eds.): New Theater Quarterly 54 : Volume 14, 1998, Part 2, p. 159 ff., In particular p. 170 f.
• Chegança . In: Egon Ludwig : Música latinoamericana. Lexicon of Latin American Folk and Popular Music. Lexikon Imprint Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-282-2 , p. 169.
• Chegança . In: Luís da Câmara Cascudo : Dicionário do folclore brasileiro. 12th edition. Global Editora, São Paulo 2012, ISBN 978-85-260-1507-4 , pp. 196-197.