IPHAN registered Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo Baiano in its Book of Forms of Expression. Rooted in Afro-Bahian communities, the practice brings together music, dance, poetry, percussion, and collective participation. Its recognition followed documentation and advocacy involving practitioners, whose knowledge had long been treated as folklore while elite cultural forms were elevated as national art. Registration increased institutional visibility, while raising the ongoing question of whether recognition would deliver material support and community control.
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