Turismo Étnico em comunidades quilombolas: perspectiva para o etnodesenvolvimento em Filipa (Maranhão, Brasil)

The article reflects on the tourist practice in the quilombolas remaining territories, trying to analyze the insert process of Filipa community, Maranhao (Brazil), in the ethnic tourism. This study is related to memory (POLLACK, 1989), identity (CASTELLS, 1999; HALL, 2001; CANCLINI, 2000) and cultural heritage (CASTILLO-RUIZ, 1996 apud ZANIRATO e RIBEIRO, 2006), emphasizing it as a resource (YUDICE, 2004) for the cultural tourism (COSTA, 2009), especially for the ethnic tourism segment. Starting from a literature and a documentary review (DENCKER, 1998), it can be concluded that the Filipa community cultural heritage can contribute to the local ethnodevelopment, throughout a tourist utilization marked out in the principles of cultural sustainability.