Mãos que tecem o festival folclórico de Parintins: um estudo sobre as condições de trabalho e saúde dos artistas de galpão do boi-bumbá

Abstract

The Occupational Health is a public health who has the relationship between work and its object of study and intervention. Reflection of capital and labor contradiction, this field considers the sociocultural, economic and political aspects to delineate the promotion, protection, recovery and rehabilitation of health workers, based on an analysis of the conditions and work processes they undergo. By this way, the objective of this study was to analyze the working conditions and the health impacts from the perspective of artists shed the Bois-Bumbás the Parintins Festival in the state of Amazonas. Symbol of Amazonian culture, this event includes the presentation of gangs, Bantam, dances and has headlining the show produced by Bumbás Garantido and Caprichoso, that impress the exuberance and creativity of the floats and costumes used in his presentation in the arena of Boi Bumbódromo. The job category "artists shed", the central subject of this study, is the denomination that these workers are assigned and are subdivided into a team of cutting-edge artists (artist team coordinator), sculptor, welder, painter, craftsman and auxiliary shed. For this work, the methodology used was a qualitative approach, by means of literature, semi-structured interviews, systematic observation and field diary, to grasp the process of labor and the environment that subjects develop their daily work. In 2013, each Folk Association hired an average of 110 (one hundred and ten) artists from the shed, and this universe, interviews were 19 (nineteen) of the two professional associations. To complement the study of the working environment and the health and safety of political associations, the director of the shed, technical labor safety and responsible for the health sector of the two oxen were interviewed. It was observed that the activities undertaken by the artists shed, considering the perspective of the subject, the work environment and the tools used, bring health risks. In the reports from the interviews, we identified accidents and illnesses caused by trade, diseases in which this was contributory factor and / or aggravating the already established disease. It was also observed that the Associations have improved the working conditions of artists shed by pressure exerted on the Ministry of Labor since 2009, as occurred with the modification of the labor contract, the improvements in the working environment and compliance with the payment of back wages. Nevertheless, it is still necessary that the folk associations and public and private power, event sponsors, compactuem together to establish policies on health and safety in the workplace for artists and others to shed workers, allowing his hands weave the Festival Folk Parintins with more dignity.