World Heritage connection: Historic Centre of São Luís

Cultural Complex of Bumba-meu-boi from Maranhão

Le complexe culturel du bumba-meu-boi du Maranhão

The Cultural Complex of Bumba-meu-boi from Maranhão is a ritualistic practice involving forms of musical, choreographic, performing and ludic expression, in which the practitioners’ relationship with the sacred is mediated by the figure of the ox. The practice features certain key distinguishing elements: the cycle of life; the...