Tambor falou, caboclo cantou: uma reflexão acerca das metáforas conceptuais nos pontos cantados do Tambor de Mina de São Bernardo/MA

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the sung points of the Tambor de Mina bernardense, in order to reflect on the conceptualization of this religious cultural manifestation in the light of Cognitive Linguistics. Based on the assumptions of the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor to understand how the sung points of the São Bernardo Mine Drum/MA reflect, through figurative language, the mystical and religious thoughts and feelings rooted in the universe of this cultural tradition. The choice of these sung points was primarily due to the feelings evoked by them in the community, since these songs are a fundamental part of this manifestation, because they allow the participants, permanent contact of the visible with the invisible. We understand that understanding the universe of metaphorical meaning has been a daily task for many researchers, especially when it comes to oral communities in which all their traditions, rites, customs are passed on orally. The community analyzed here is the Tambor de Mina. The community analyzed here is the Tambor de Mina. Religious community of predominant oral tradition in Maranhão and Pará, in which all culture, beliefs and ideologies are passed on through the chants. Religious community of predominant oral tradition in Maranhão and Pará, in which all culture, beliefs and ideologies are passed on through the chants. Here these songs are not seen only as spiritual messages, but as mental operations loaded with metaphorical expressions that conceptualize the understanding, thought, actions of the participating subjectsHere these songs are not seen only as spiritual messages, but as mental operations loaded with metaphorical expressions that conceptualize the understanding, thought, actions of the participating subjects. To make our objectives possible and test our hypotheses, we use as theoretical contribution, authors such as: Lakoff and Johnson (2002), Carneiro (2014), Ferrari (2018) among others. Therefore, the sung points of the Mina Drum are more than linguistic expressions, because they conceptualize the mystical universe, trigger feelings and emotions that guide the thoughts and actions of the participants.