Terreiro das Pretas
Crato, CE
Phone number:
+55 88 9 9790 9561
Email:
terreirodaspretas(at)gmail.com
Type of Project
TOURISM, COMMERCE, EDUCATION
Discover the Channels of the Pretas
About us
The "Terreiro das Pretas" is an autonomous quilombola community, governed and inspired by those who came before us and those who will come after us, a unique way of existence inspired by the ways of being of our Black people who have always resisted colonization.
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The "Terreiro das Pretas" has been home for over twenty years to part of the Neves Carvalho Family, a family descendant from the Saco dos Cansanção Quilombo, in Araripina/PE, but which has been living in the city of Crato/CE for decades.
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We consider ourselves a kind of home-school. We are developers of "another relational and cultural pedagogy," both for our residents and for those who visit and enjoy the terreiro, since we believe that the Good Living is only possible if more people share this socio-cultural experience: we are creators of bridges and escape routes.
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Our initiative is precisely a complex, a gathering, a grouping, a quilombola of different cultural activities, because we believe that diversity is one of the founding characteristics of Afro-Brazilian practices and thoughts. Among our activities are: AFROENTREPRENEURSHIP, BAOBÁ PATHS, CINEMÁFRICA, HEALING SPACES, and CULTURAL FORMATION SPACES.
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What brought us here is the belief that it is necessary to keep the memory ALIVE of Afro-Brazilian cultural productions by practicing them and/or producing them and/or gathering them and inviting more Black people to create, be and enjoy these moments.
Objectives
With NOSSO, we are developing an immersion tourism structure within our Terreiro, allowing people from different backgrounds to learn educationally, socially, and culturally through our knowledge.
1st Phase
2nd Phase
3rd Phase
-Access to water through a cistern, alongside the improvement and extension of the agroforestry system for planting, self-sustainability, and income generation.
- Conception and structuring of immersion tourism programs and projects based on the cultural activities and knowledge existing in the Terreiro.
- Establishment of a Terreiro's own sales channel for products and services, accompanied by training in logistics, photography, audiovisual production, hospitality, and digital inclusion.
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Value: R$ 180,000.00
- Completion and finishing touches of the BODEGA project next to the GRUNEC headquarters for the sale of artisanal and organic products, and operation of the social thrift store.
- Construction of the Museum of Black Memory and the School of Knowledge.
- Structural improvement of the Terreiro with the completion of bathrooms and bedrooms, including the separation of the private area for residents.
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Value: R$ 220,000.00
- Conception, structuring, and development of educational modules for schools, companies, and organizations based on Black wisdom.
- Foundational educational journeys for Black educators in 24 territories.
- Training and empowerment cycles focusing on association, environmental, ethnic-racial, and gender strengthening in 24 territories.
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Value: R$ 300,000.00