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Abstract

This article deals with the process of cultural appropriation exposed in the Brazilian musical field, the subjects participating in this process recreate and re-elaborate new identities in the course of their artistic trajectory, transiting more freely in the midst of aesthetics that cross the local / national / international. The empirical field of this research is constituted in the case study of an integral band of the Ceará music scene titled as Banda Dona Zefinha, from this perspective the proposal of this article seeks to understand how this collective of artists appropriates cultural symbols historically associated with the Northeast region, recreating The same ones, through specific languages and performances elaborating strategies of participation and survival in the artistic scenery of Ceará. The band Dona Zefinha appeared in the public scene of Ceará in 2001, the group sought to unite northeastern folklores, from the musicality inspired by gourds bands and interspersed with great humor, in addition to show other clear influences of Latin American bands, Arab and medieval. The data presented here were collected through observation during the band's concerts, interviews with musicians, phonographic material and virtual media through which these subjects share from a qualitative bias, in addition to a broad bibliographic reference as a tool for analysis.