Casa de farinha de Dêgo

Abstract

This work sought to document and analyze the process for the production of cassava at the Dégo flour mill, located in the village of Viração, in community of Santo Antônio da Aldeia, rural area of ​​the Municipality of MaragojipeBahia. It is a case study that through the application of concepts,procedures and instruments of museological documentation and ethnographic analysis information was obtained and recorded on the initial steps, processing in the flour house and the final destination of the flour produced in the flour house of Dego. The production of other foods made in this space was also analyzed: beiju and tapioca. In addition to this information, it shows aspects of the relationships sociocultural expressions and expressions related to communication between farmers, which are peculiar to the village. For that, dialogues, observations,written and photographic records and analysis of the collected data. residents of village that produce flour in the flour house of Dégo, collaborated with their experiences, empirical knowledge and their cultural way of perceiving the environment,allowing broader and more effective results to the work. Finally, from the study developed, an approximation with the popular traditional knowledge and better understanding of cultural traditions and their dynamic process of modification and resignification of values.