Festividades cívico-patrióticas na formação da juventude brasileira nas cidades fronteiriças de Porto União (SC) e União da Vitória (PR) em 1941

Abstract

In this article we analyze the role of civic festivities and parades in the formation of youth in the border cities of Uniao da Vitoria (PR) and Porto Uniao (SC), based on Decree-Law No. 2072, March 8, 1940, for civic, moral and physical education to children and young people enrolled in educational establishments. For this, we used photographs located in the Public Archive of Florianopolis and news published by the newspaper O Comercio, from Porto Uniao (SC), revealing the enthusiasm with the formation of youth and childhood on the occasion of the commemoration alluding to the Independence of Brazil and Juventude Brasileira movement. The research is of socio-historical nature, and is linked to the Nucleus of Cataloging and Research in History of Education (Nucathe), Unespar’s Pedagogy course – in Uniao da Vitoria (PR). As a theoretical basis, we refer to Bencostta (2006; 2010); Hobsbawm (1990; 1998) and Horta (2012). During the Estado Novo, therefore, the cult of patriotic symbols during public sessions became obligatory to children and young students, from 7 to 18 years old, conforming a culture within the specific ideological perspectives of the dictatorial period.