Agricultura tradicional praticada na comunidade remanescente de quilombo Campina de Pedra, Poconé-MT: o resgate de uma tradição

Abstract

Studies in Quilombo Remnant Communities have been gaining prominence in the last decade, several communities have been recognized and titled, in Mato Grosso there are certain 65 CRQs, of which 33 are located in the region of the municipality of Poconé, A region that gained an immense flow of slave labor in the colonial period due to gold mining and that soon after the decline of mining, large sugar cane farms took over, the region known as the headwaters of the Pantanal is highly coveted as being considered a fertile area. In this sense, the main objective of this study was to establish relationships and interface between traditional agriculture present in the Quilombo Campina de Pedra Community in Poconé-MT and agroecology rescuing through oral history the struggles, conflicts and resistance of a rural black community. The community lives on the production of rapadura, it is manufactured in an artisan way as its ancestors made. The community keeps an immense cultural wealth that is transmitted by generations, the celebrations, religious rites and organization of the work, are part of their daily life