THE LANDSCAPE OF THE PARDO RIVER UNVEILED BY RIVERINE COMMUNITY IN SOUTHWESTERN BAHIA: Talks between the perceived and lived.

Abstract

The riverine community in the Southwest region of Bahia in Itambé has undergone changes in their lifestyle. These changes in the reorganization of space riverine promote the dismantling of their cultural practices, traditional knowledge, values and daily collective built by interfering in the preservation of identity and territoriality riverside. Upon hearing them, it was observed to be present the characteristics that identify them as such and still keeps alive the memory and history that have built around it. The Rio Pardo is the largest element of symbolism in the landscape and the perception of them is backed by the world view permeated by its waters. However, the reality experienced the direct denial of the continuity of this peculiar mode of living and lead to the invisibility of the individuals and the community. Thus, it is believed that emergency measures should be taken to avoid the invisibility riverside. In this context urges a more effective action by public authorities focused on alternatives for the preservation of social memory as well as for the recovery of the riverine environment, whether its water and shore, are the housing conditions of the present inhabitants.