Coordenadas de la fiesta popular para una educación artística propia.

This text proposes, in the first instance, a reflection on the contributions of popular festivities and carnival to the strengthening of theatrical identity in Colombia and, in a second part, its contributions to artistic education. The aim is to deepen the understanding of the elements of festive culture present in theatrical performances and their possible articulations and interrelations with artistic education processes. The following references are taken: i) three works of Colombian popular theater, by three highly recognized creators, Misael Torres, Juan Carlos Moyano and Críspulo Torres, who have inquired into festive culture, by covering popular festivals, carnival and other traditional manifestations, with the purpose of recognizing in these works part of what constitutes us as a society; our imaginaries expressed in characters, plots, stories, as well as the emergence of methodologies for stage creation; ii) two examples of training projects in formal and non-formal contexts, of academic programs based on popular and festive culture, to create pedagogical proposals based on the recognition of the knowledge immersed in festivals and the possibility of sparking dialogues of knowledge: the Popular Institute of Culture of Cali and the Department of Performing Arts of the Antonio Nariño University. In conclusion, the contributions of festive culture to popular theater and the multiple possibilities generated by its integration in artistic education processes are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]