International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science (IJAERS) Peer-Reviewed Journal ISSN: 2349-6495(P) | 2456-1908(O) Vol-8, Issue-8; Aug, 2021 Journal Home Page Available: https://ijaers.com/ Article DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaers.88.28 www.ijaers.com Page | 230 Storytelling in the Bean Threshing: A Form of Struggle and Resistance for Tradition and Ancestral Memory Fernanda Ielpo da Cunha 1 , Ana Maria Eugenio da Silva 2 , José Gerardo Vasconcelos 3 , Ana Flávia Ferreira da Silva 4 , José Rogério Santana 5 , Olienaide Ribeiro de Oliveira Pinto 6 , Juan Carlos Alvarado Alcócer 7 , Alexandre Oliveira Lima 8 and Sídney Guerra Reginaldo 9 1 Graduated in Social Work from the State University of Ceará. Master's Student in Sociobiodiversity and Sustainable Technologies, Institute of Engineering and Sustainable Development, University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia, Redenção, Ceará, Brazil. 2 Graduated in Social Work from the State University of Ceará. Master's Student in Humanity, Institute of Humanities, University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Redenção, Ceará, Brazil. 3 PhD in Sociology from the Federal University of Ceará. Post-Doctorate in Performing Arts, at Escola de Teatro, Federal University of Bahia. Post-Doctorate in Education from the Federal University of Paraíba. Post-Doctorate in History of Education at the Education Center of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Post-Doctorate in Sociology at the Federal University of Paraíba. Full Professor of Philosophy of Education, Faculty of Education, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. 4 Master in Sociobiodiversity and Sustainable Technologies from the University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia. Graduation in Full Degree in Mathematics from the State University of Ceará and in Full Degree in Pedagogy from Faculdade Kurios. Postgraduate in Mathematics Teaching at Ateneu. She is currently a teacher at the City Hall of Chorozinho, Chorozinho, Ceará, Brazil. 5 Graduated in Pedagogy from State University Vale do Acaraú, Degree in Letters with English from Faculdade Dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança and Post Graduated in Teaching in Higher Education. Specialization in English Language Teaching Methodology. Instrumental English Teacher and Reading and Textual Production. Teacher of Technical English. English Teacher, Edval Calasans Educational Center in Banzaê, Bahia, Brazil. 6 PhD in Agronomy/Phytotechnics from the Federal University of Ceará. Scholarship from the National Postdoctoral Program/CAPES linked to the Academic Master's Degree in Sociobiodiversity and Sustainable Technologies, Institute of Engineering and Sustainable Development, University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Redenção, Ceará, Brazil. 7 PhD in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas. Effective Professor of the Academic Master's Degree in Sociobiodiversity and Sustainable Technologies, professor in the Energy Engineering course at the Sustainable Development Engineering Institute, University of International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia, Redenção, Ceará, Brazil. 8 PhD. in Business Administration from the University of Fortaleza, Professor of the Master in Master's Degree in Sociobiodiversity and Sustainable Technologies, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of International Integration of Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Redenção, Ceará, Brazil. 9 PhD in Constitutional Law from the University of Fortaleza. Professor at the Faculty of Law at the Federal University of Ceará, Department of Private Law and at the Postgraduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Received: 01 Jul 2021, Received in revised form: 07 Aug 2021, Accepted: 14 Aug 2021, Available online: 22 Aug 2021 ©2021 The Author(s). Published by AI Publication. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Abstract— Storytelling in traditional communities is passed on through orality from one generation to the next, connecting the past with the present by recalling the latent memory of their ancestors. It is a magical and playful moment, told and narrated during the bean threshing, awakening the awareness of aspects related to the care for life and the environment, while establishing the feelings of collectivity, union, and collective organization, making these moments a process of struggle and resistance to keep their traditions alive. Thus, the present study aims to analyze how the ancestral knowledge perpetuated in storytelling contributes to the processes of struggle and resistance of the