ASPECTOS DO IMAGINÁRIO RELIGIOSO NOS HINOS OFICIAIS DOS MUNICÍPIOS DE VITÓRIA/ES E VILA VELHA/ES E SUA RELAÇÃO COM O ENSINO RELIGIOSO

Abstract

This is a study about the religious imaginary, present in the official anthems of the municipalities of Vila Velha (ES) and Vitoria (ES), in relation to the field of Religious Education in Elementary Education. This study was accomplished to promote thinking in relation to the process of teaching-learning, in order to understand the anthems as part of history, culture, and municipalities, in the daily routines and pedagogical practices, to establish an intercultural link with education, music and religion. Therefore, one seeks to understand the constitution of the religious imaginary of children and adolescents of the early and final stages of Elementary Education. The research question was: “What is the religious imaginary of official anthems from the municipalities of Vila Velha and Vitória, in the state of Espirito Santo?” The question served as a starting point to analyze the civic hymnology of Espirito Santo, to highlight elements of the religious imaginary. In order to accomplish this goal, one used the studies of Vygotsky, Wallon, Gardner, Custódio, Klein, Arroyo, Eliade and others. The main objective was to describe the pedagogical issues in the religious imaginary of the anthems of the municipalities of Vila Velha and Vitoria. As specific objectives, one tried to identify the aspects that support the identification of the religious imaginary, present an analysis of the religious aspect in the anthems chosen, and show the importance of the imaginary, memory and identity of the people from Espirito Santo, through literature and the curriculum of Religious Education. In relation to the research type, one tried to validate, as a theoretical support for methodology, considering the characteristic of the topic chosen, the scientific observation, which is a qualitative methodology, and which includes, in exploratory, qualitative and descriptive research, the analysis of bibliographic contents. Therefore, this study presents three chapters: public education and religion; music in education; the religious imaginary in civic anthems of the chosen municipalities. One concludes that, in the analysis of the cities chosen, the presence of the religious imaginary is real and very meaningful for the society in general, considering the process of colonization, the history of the occupation of territories, and the peoples who live in the cities described in this study.