When the Borders Fades in the Space of Poetic Orality

Inscriptions of the Voice in the Songs and Tales of Samba Chula

Abstract

This article, an excerpt from a larger master's degree research in the area of Literature and Culture, engages a discussion concerning the poetic making of chula songs from a samba de roda group in the backlands of Bahia, delving into the intricate frontiers that envelop their singing, given that the “chula” is developed in verses in a lyric form without losing its inherent narrative tone. The discussions here articulate theoretical contributions that stress orality and its multiple constitution forms of poetic making, the poetic-musical performance of samba chula and its inscriptions within the Afro-Brazilian cosmogony, which prioritizes the voice and the body as a place of ancestral traversal and the inscription of memory.