Artigo:

This  work  presents  a  study  about  the  recent  female  participation  in  two  cultural  manifestations  with historical connections between themselves and with the ibero-­‐americans maskeds: Caretos de Podence (Portugal) and Bate-­‐bolas in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Until recently, these manifestations belonged only to the masculine world, therefore, it was necessary to reflect on aspects of the con-­‐struction of the appearance of the people who “plays” carnival and their performances. The analy-­‐sis of this article is based on from the perspective of Design and seeks to investigate how formal elements end up establishing the visuality of the female gender, taking the clothings as the point of departure. The research demonstrates how women, by participating in the rituals of Caretos using the masculine facts, end up "hiding" the feminine gender. On the other hand, it verifies that the Bate-­‐boletes wear clothes that value the visibility of their bodies and do not use masks. In this way, they end up inserting a "new category", the feminine gender that begins to have visibility in the world of the Bate-­‐bolas.