Manaus Agile Amazonas tourism and cultureIts symbol is the "heart", which is located on the bull's forehead. Its colors are red and white. It is also known as "O Boi do Povão", "Boi da Paixão", and "Boi da Promessa".
Boi-Bumbá Garantido is one of the two Folkloric Associations that compete in Brazil's folkloric festival: the Parintins Folkloric Festival, in Amazonas. Created by the fisherman Lindolfo Monteverde, still in the beginning of the last century, the Boi Garantido was a child's game that evolved with time. Its creator was a descendant of slaves, a humble fisherman born in the 'Baixa de São José', a poor neighborhood, a village of black and mixed-race fishermen from the remote Parintins of the 1900s. Lindolfo was a popular genius, one of those who are born in adversity, like Luiz Gonzaga in the impoverished northeastern backlands.
Around the age of six or seven, Lindolfo would put a curuatá (a palm leaf wrapper) on his back and say he was a boizinho, imagining the stories his grandparents told him about the land they had come from.
Its symbol is the "heart", which is located on the ox's forehead. Its colors are red and white. It is also known as the "Boi do Povão", "Boi da Paixão" and "Boi da Promessa".
The name Garantido, with which Lindolfo baptized his ox, derives from the street battles that were at their peak in the 1950s and 1960s. The battles were meetings between oxen, which emerged on the island of Parintins around the 1920s and 1930s. Lindolfo used to say that when the Garantido would "headbutt" the other bull, his wood (horn) would be firm and would "guarantee" the confrontation. Mestre Lindolfo Monterverde had a powerful voice and an extreme facility for the rhyming game. Thus, he was always the winner in the duels of repentes, poetic fights that in Parintins are called "desafio".
Despite having been created to be a fisherman's game, the Garantido bull has its identity preserved, based on a promise of life. If it wasn't for the promise, maybe today the Garantido wouldn't exist. Lindolfo Monteverde was a devotee of Saint John the Baptist. When he was still young he became seriously ill. He and his family promised the June saint that if Lindolfo Monteverde's request for a cure was granted, he would have the obligation to "put the ox out on the street" every June 24th, day of Saint John the Baptist. Grace obtained, is promise fulfilled. Even though he died in 1979, every year his descendants put the Garantido ox out on the streets of Parintins. Always after the Ladainha ao Santo (sung mass), which takes place in the Baixa de São José. That night the bonfires, fireworks, young, old and children follow the bull through the streets of Parintins. The people, the toadas and the moon are the company of Lindolfo's bull as he pays the promise made more than 80 years ago.
Individual Items
ISRAEL PAULAIN - Item 1 - Presenter
Master of ceremonies of Bumbá Garantido, Israel Paulain has been a presenter for Boi Garantido since 2002, when he replaced Paulinho Faria. His function is to present, act, narrate, and animate the spectacle presented in the arena. He is a singer, composer, and in 2017 he celebrates 16 years as an item of Garantido. Coming from a traditional contrario bull family, he is the only "red sheep" in the family. He introduced the theatricality in the presentation, ensuring hegemony in the item since then.
SEBASTIÃO JUNIOR - Item 2 - Toada Lifter
Born in Juruti, Pará, Sebastião Júnior is known as the "Uirapuru of the Amazon" for his beautiful voice. He is the one who interprets the toadas at the festival. His voice conducts the theme. Guitarist, guitarist, composer, and singer, he took over as the "levantador" in 2010, bringing innovation to the item. He is a true show man. A polyvalent, active, and complete character, who besides singing also dances the choreographies, interacting with the show during the presentation.
DANIELA TAPAJÓS - Item 5 - Standard-bearer
Daniela Tapajós is a professional dancer and folkloric dance teacher. It is her responsibility to carry the biggest symbol of the folkloric association. For four years, she was part of the corrido ballet that accompanied the Sinhazinha, Ana Luiza and in 2014 won the contest that elected the new item 5.
TONY MEDEIROS - Item 6 - Amo do Boi
João Wellington de Medeiros Cursino, Tony Medeiros is the official Master of Boi Bumbá Garantido since 1995, when he substituted João Batista Monteverde, son of Mestre Lindolfo, being the third Master in the history of Garantido. He symbolizes the settler, who brought the culture of cattle raising to the Amazon. He is the owner of the ranch within the folkloric context of the auto do boi. A poet and composer, he exalts the ox in his verses.
DJIDJA CARDOSO - Item 7 - Sinhazinha da Fazenda
Djidja Cardoso, 25, represents Sinhazinha da Fazenda, the daughter of the owner of the farm, a character from the auto do boi. Daughter of a traditional family of Garantido supporters. She was champion in her debut in 2016.
ISABELLE NOGUEIRA - Item 8 - Queen of Folklore
The item represents all the grace and synthesis of Brazilian folklore, representing cultural syncretism. Born in Manaus, Isabelle Nogueira debuted in the arena in 2015 and innovated in the item by performing "a birth" in the arena.
RAYSSA BANDEIRA - Item 9 - Cunhã-Poranga
Rayssa Bandeira debuts in the arena in 2017 defending the item # 9. She will embody the Cunhã-Poranga of the "Boi do Povão", the most beautiful woman in the village. Rayssa, who is 21 years old, comes from a Parintinense family, with all supporters of the "Boi do Coração". Her mother is Batuqueira, her father has already participated in the Vaqueirada and was Tuxaua Luxo. He lived since childhood on the island where he keeps strong memories, with Garantido always present.
DENILDO PIÇANÃ - Item 10 - Tripa do Boi [Boi-bumbá Evolution]
Parintinense of Baixa do São José, Denildo Piçanã, gives life to the boi Garantido since 1995. Piçanã is responsible for the movements that give life to the Garantido boi-bumbá, made of fiber, foam and cloth. Denildo Piçana is a disciple of Jair Mendes, the creator of the movements of the boi de pano. He is responsible for perfecting the robotic movements that allow the doll to imitate the movements of a bull.
ANDRÉ NASCIMENTO - Item 12 - Pajé
With his dance and pajelança, André Nascimento embodies Pajé, item 12 of the Boi-Bumbá Garantido. André started at Garantido in 1999. Born in the heart of the red ox, in Baixa do São José, he has played in the Boi da promessa since he was a boy. He was a member of the Batucada and Tuxaua, besides having participated in the bailado corrido and having been a member of the ritual. His first time playing in the Bumbá was when he was 14 and in a childish prank, he ran away from home to play in the Boi.
