Frevo in Cordel: an analysis of the collectionof the Rui Barbosa’house Foundation

Abstract

It analyzes the term frevo in folhetos de cordel, understanding its use and meaning andreflecting how they dialogue with each other. Qualiquanti, descriptive type, used as data collection technique the content analysis and semi-structured interview. Fourteen folhetos de cordel were analyzed from which they presentedthe term frevo with the meaningof Mess, Party (prom, Celebration and Spree) and Cultural Expression. The sense of mess goes back to the time the city of Recife was, inspired mainly by the abolitionist ideals; the relationship with party, subdivided in prom alludesto dance, celebrationdenotes celebration of events and spree reveals the joke. Already the significance of cultural expression suggests the manifestations of dance, music, troça, fanfara portraying the frevo itself. It is believed that this work contributes to Information Science from cultural practices, understanding how social groups weave their knowledge and, above all, through Information Science we can communicate and visualize this knowledge, identifying, studying and also reflecting on marginalized sources of information.