A Tragedy

In the month of May 1949, on the 18th, 19th and 20th, the city of Maceió suffered a serious disruption that changed the way a large number of people acted and lived. The city and the people living in it were disrupted. A natural phenomenon, a water storm, occurred. This natural disaster consists of water falling from the sky without stopping for several hours or days. This natural phenomenon can resemble the great tragic plays that took place in Ancient Greece. Greek tragedies were theatrical performances staged in the 5th century BC that showed the misfortunes brought about by human beings and their humanity. Tragedy arose as a religious cult to the god Dionysus, and the intention was to show the passage from good to bad fortune. Through tragedies the Greeks sought to give signs, senses and meanings to their existence in the world. Through tragedy they sought to reconstruct the processes of the world, in the world. Some facts that happen in our existence do not always seem to have immediate meaning, however, they occur and make us give meaning to what apparently has no meaning. And what happened in that month of May 1949 was something out of the ordinary.