Llanero Centro-Occidental Venezolano y Gaúcho sur-rio-grandense brasileño rural: una identidad cultural compartida.

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the Venezuelan llanero west-central and the Brazilian gaúcho south rio-grandense from rural cultural, from elements addressed from the perspective of the construction of local identities, seeking understanding of these cultures to treat to find some common ground. This approach is made from three factors in the construction of cultural identity: geography and landscape to which they belong, which determine its cultural development of both conceptual assertions as gaúcho as llanero, referring to its historical raids and transformation in treatments over the centuries, and the horse as a symbol of great significance in both cultures. Note that these approaches will be concentrated in the first two chapters of the dissertation, the third devoted to aspects of a possible shared identity, where it will undergo theoretical approaches around concepts of cultural identity and identity construction processes in both cultures, to reach the reality of both cultures in the XXI century. From the methodological point of view, it's getting a qualitative-interpretive including semi-structured interviews with knowledgeable of the area. The research results in dissertation work presented and the overall conclusion to establish specific elements that point to the construction of an identity towards the constitution of Latin American integration from the cultural perspective.