at a glance

the area also boasts its own successfull samba school, the grêmio recreativo escola de samba (g. r. e. s.) união da ilha do governador or, the governor's island union.

Presented by the    Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, the study'Paisagem e memória: O manguezal do Jequiá na construção da memória de uma colônia de pescadores na Ilha do Governador' -  Landscape and memory: The mangrove of Jequiá in the construction of the memory of a colony of fishermen in Ilha do Governador), by Vera Dailce Paiva Monteiro, analyzes the symbolic dimension of the natural landscape represented by the Jequiá Mangrove (Manguezal do Jequiá) in the creation of the collective memory, pertaining the Z-10 fishery community, situated at Ilha do Governador.

over time the space, the men and the memory changed. by using ethnographic techniques such as observation and participation, the real meaning of the mangroves is explored in relation to the fishermen, their offspring and the people unrelated to fishery.