Teatro como encantamento
Subtitle: bois e reisados de caretas
By: Oswald Barroso
Publisher: Amazém da Cultura
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Fortaleza, Ceará
Language: por
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9788563171696
Subjects: Brazilian Folk dancing; Magi; Folklore; Festivals; Choral music; Portuguese Folk songs; Masks; Theater and society; Brazilian Folk drama; Popular culture
Other titles: Bois e reisados de caretas
Description: A reisado is a dance executed in the north and northeast as part of the Christmas time celebrations. The reisado was imported to Brazil from the Iberian peninsula in the 19th century and was customarily danced on the eve of the Dia de Reis (6 January) to celebrate the birth of Jesus--See: Daniella Thompson, as Crônicas bovinas, parte 11.
Notes: Includes music (8 unnumbered pages at end).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-410).
Table of contents: title: Os Reisados, os Bois e os Reisados de Caretas; title: O contexto; title: A apresentação; title: O Entremeio do Boi; title: Os Bois de Fortaleza; title: Matança dos bichos; title: A performance cênica; title: O Riso brincante; title: O Dom Brincante; title: Incorporação e memória; title: Teatro como encantamento; title: Despedida