RESUMO: O trabalho descreve e analisa a experiência da busca pela ancestralidade de um grupo de pais e mães de santo, tendo como referência o Terreiro do Egito, considerado território sagrado por antigos moradores e por praticantes do Tambor de Mina, religião de matriz africana presente no Maranhão. O terreiro está localizado na comunidade rural de Cajueiro, às margens da baia de São Marcos, município de São Luís do Maranhão, na porção sudoeste da Ilha do Maranhão 1 que desde os anos de 1980 tem sido ameaçada pela expansão do Complexo Portuário de São Luís 2 e por atividades industriais. Nesse sentido, procura mostrar mais recentemente, como a memória coletiva é acionada diante da ameaça de perda deste território. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Comunidades rurais; Memórias; Território sagrado. Terreiro do Egito: memories and resistance in São Luís do Maranhão ABSTRACT: This job describes and analyses the experience of searching for the ancestry of a group of mães de santo and pais de santo, whose reference is Terreiro do Egito, which is considered a holy territory by old residents and by the ones who follow Tamor de Mina-an African religion common in Maranhão. Terreiro de Mina is localized in Cajueiro's rural community, near São Marcos' bay, in the county of São Luís, southwest of Maranhão island[i], place that is being threatening since the beginning of the 1980s because São Luís Portuary Complex[ii] has been expanding for industrial activities. That's why this article intends to show recently how the collective memory is triggered when the threat of losing this territory is a reality.
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