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Acauã. Culture. Identity. Quilombo. Educational practices.
This study identified the educational practices in the Acauã quilombo, located in the town of Poço Branco/RN, with regard to understanding their contributions to strengthening the culture and identity of the quilombo community researched. We highlight that the black women's farinhada dance group, the flour house, the residents' association, the Maria Francisca Catarina municipal school and religions are identified as educational practices that reveal socio-cultural specificities, historicity and resistance to the inequalities suffered by the quilombo's residents. Reflections on the concepts of culture and identity were based on Freirean literature. We carried out a study of reality in order to understand the significant universe in which the research subjects are inserted. This study was observed in the three pedagogical moments seen in Pernambuco (2013). We used semi-structured interviews, recordings, various notes and photographic records. The study reveals that educational practices are the pillars for keeping culture and identity alive in Acauã, thus enabling the recovery of knowledge and teachings from the past in the current quilombola context.