La escuela chocoana, un escenario para la construcción de identidad cultural afro, a partir de la vivencia y resignificación del folclore: Una aproximación histórico-biográfica a las prácticas etnoeducativas de la Normal Superior San Pío X

Abstract

Popular folklore is an important tool in the construction, promotion and experience of the cultural identity of afro-descendent people who live in Istmina city at Choco Department in Colombia. It is because of it is conceived as a diverse unit that presents systematic relations which are not susceptible to be fractionated, since if it occurs, their own existence is fractionated too. These traditions are always in an existential dynamic towards the encounter with the other. They are rooted in a series of ethnic principles that racially identify chocoanos and at the same time, these traditions differentiate them from other forms of culture. In this way, the Normal Superior Institute San Pío X, becomes a research center that knows, signifies and puts into practice the cultural manifestations of this territory by permeating a community which through its folklore celebrates in a cheerful way life and updates its historical becoming which has to be perpetuated in future generations.