Once it discuss about a wide survey entitled "The symbolic language of Popular Dances", it we perform a clipping where we base this study. It is a deeping on the studies on folk dances which reflects mainly on the Maracatu and its manifestations, meanings and senses; thinking essentially in various kinds of art, communication and language that can be understood and interpreted through their dance. Always considering how this whole cultural and symbolic universe can contribute to the knowledge of folk dances and their rootedness in Physical Education.