ESTAÇÃO FERROVIÁRIA DE VARGINHA/MG:RAÍZES CULTURAIS DA CIDADE E O SURGIMENTO DA ESTAÇÃO FERROVIÁRIA

Abstract

The research will provide readers with chronological information on the cultural roots of the village that would later gain independence by becoming the city of Varginha, later dubbed the "Princess of the South," highlighting the influential factors for the construction of the railroad that made the economy boom and the development of this city. The main objective is to rescue the culture through books, photos and reports of this transition period of the installation of the railway line, the Railway Station and the technological advances that occur from this fact, integrating the current generation to the knowledge of the past so that consequently understand the present. The methodology is structured through qualitative field research with former residents of the city, the streets that have arisen around this place, with former station employees, among other characters who experienced events directly or indirectly, also contributed to the research Almanacs of the nineteenth century, dossiers. books related to the theme. These events made a leap to modernization, with the importation and exportation of goods, the emergence of new commerce and the population growth caused by the mixed race, highlighting customs and traditions passed on between generations. Oral speech is prioritized, conveying the writing of some texts according to the spoken language. oral language. As a result of this study, a book will be presented with the theme Railway Station Varginha/MG: cultural roots of the city and the emergence of the Railway Station.