A carranca (Portuguese, literally "scowl" with another definition as "figurehead";[1]Portuguese pronunciation:[kaˈʁɐ̃kɐ]) is a type of figurehead attached to river craft which is attributed with power to protect the boatmen from the river's evil spirits. The culture in Brazil incorporated elements of the indigenous culture, so that the idea of river spirits and forest spirits can help or hinder a crossing is also natural of the Amerindian imaginary.[2] They were once commonly found on the lower Rio São Francisco in Brazil'sNortheast Region (Nordeste). The carranca is most commonly a figure of a human or an animal. They were used to identify traders operating on the São Francisco and, as with ancient figureheads, serve the superstitious as guardians on the river.[3]
Modern carrancaRio São Francisco
Today most authentic carrancas and early folk art revivals are only found in museums[4] with some being subject of a Rio exhibition in 2002.[5] are featured on the front of the home of Roberto Burle Marx, now the National Monument, Sítio Roberto Burle Marx[1].[4]
Modern, more stylized versions are sometimes seen as decorations in restaurants or homes and commonly seen in tourist shops of the states of Bahia, Pernambuco, Sergipe and Alagoas where the historic use was found on the lower Rio São Francisco. These range from key chain figures up to very large ones a meter or more in height and made from large tree trunks. Many, if not most of those are in the carranca-vampiro[6] style rather than the classic boat figurehead styles of the past. The difference may be seen by comparing the photos of classic styles compared to the tourist versions pictured on this page.
Classic figurehead versions, dating from the early 19th or even late 18th centuries, were painted, frequently chalk white with black hair, gaping red mouths and white fangs.[4] The most common tourist versions follow similar schemes. A more modern, decorative unpainted version is often in natural wood and even polished.
While most of the modern tourist versions are produced quickly in quantity using one of several patterns a few are made by more artistic wood workers and show unique design or interpretations of "functional" carrancas from history. A very few of these are "museum quality" folk art displayed in folk art museums of Brazil.
^"figurehead translation Portuguese to English-Portuguese dictionary". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^Prof. Dr. Jayro Luna (Jairo Nogueira Luna) - UPE/FFPG. "Por Uma Mitologia das Carrancas do Vale do São Francisco". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^Brooklyn Children’s Museum. . Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ abcMaria-Brazil—Home of Brazilian Culture on the Web. "Carrancas do Rio São Francisco". maria-brazil.org. maria-brazil.org. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^Maria-Brazil—Home of Brazilian Culture on the Web. "Penedo, Alagoas". maria-brazil.org. maria-brazil.org. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^Luís Osete (March 9, 2008). "Carrancas: A Cara do São Francisco". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
External linksedit
Carrancas do Rio São Francisco Photos, traditional sculptures from Maria-Brazil—Home of Brazilian Culture on the Web
Carrancas: A Cara do São Francisco
January 01, 1970
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