Loading
Quitéria
Jacilene Felix de Lira2012
Museu de Folclore Edison Carneiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Traditional puppet theater character, from the Northeast Region, called "Mamulengo" in Pernambuco, "Babau" in Paraíba, "João Redondo" or "Calunga" in Rio Grande do Norte, and "Cassimiro Coco" in Ceará, Piauí, and Maranhão.
Show lessRead more
Details
- Title: Quitéria
- Creator: Jacilene Felix de Lira
- Date Created: 2012
- Location: Glória do Goitá, PE
- Physical Dimensions: 20 x 14.9 in
- Medium: Painted wood and cloth
- Photo Credit: Francisco Moreira da Costa
- About Creator: A member and artisan since 2005 of the Associação Cultural dos Mamulengueiros e Artesãos de Glória do Goitá [Cultural Association of Mamulengueiros and Artisans of Glória do Goitá], Jacilene Felix de Lira (born in Glória do Goitá, PE, 1985) is a performer and plays the character Mateus — a traditional figure in Brazilian popular culture — in the groups Mamulengo Nova Geração and Flor do Mulungu. Since 2011, she has been teaching puppet-making workshops at the Museu do Mamulengo de Glória do Goitá [Mamulengo Museum in Glória do Goitá]. Jacilene says she becomes so attached to the puppets she creates that, at times, she can’t bring herself to sell them: “Just to give you an idea, there are puppets I’ve already named after my own children”.
Get the app
Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more
Interested in Natural history?
Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly
You are all set!
Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.