Centro cultural da imigração japonesa

Abstract

The japanese immigrants found in Brazil a place to settle down and constitute a home, leaving to their heirs the cultural baggage of their origin. However, it is noted that the descendants are losing interest in continuing the customs and traditions of their families. This work intends to propose a cultural center in the city of Presidente Prudente, located in the interior of São Paulo, where there is a large colony of immigrants, in order to offer to the people and mainly to the descendants of the immigrants a stimulate the desire to preserve practices of their culture of origin. This proposal seeks to rescue and preserve the customs and traditions of japanese culture, since there is a frustration of the immigrants when realizing that their descendants are losing interest in giving continuity, besides being mixing with other cultures and losing their essence. Therefore, the idea is that the cultural center is a space where activities can be carried out with the purpose of keeping alive the memory of the immigrants, as well as giving the opportunity for the next generations to have contact with their history.