Gogó da Ema: O coqueiro-símbolo de Maceió

O dia 27 de julho de 1955 foi de muita tristeza para os alagoanos: um de seus principais símbolos caía, vencido pela força inabalável da natureza.

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Gogó da Ema era um coqueiro torto, que virou símbolo de Maceió por décadas, existente na Ponta Verde, quando o bairro ainda era uma região de sítios e suas praias eram notícias somente quando o assunto era a possibilidade de por lá se encontrar petróleo.

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A curva da Ponta Verde, onde ficava o Gogó da Ema, era um sítio de propriedade de Francisco Venâncio Barbosa, o Chico Zu. O famoso coqueiro foi plantado bem antes, ainda no final do século XIX, por dona Constança Araújo, como registram alguns historiadores.

Ninguém sabe quando a sua deformidade passou a ser admirada ou quem o batizou, mas sabe-se que começou a ficar famoso quando o avanço do mar na Ponta Verde derrubou a cerca e vários coqueiros do Sítio do Chico Zu, e o Gogó da Ema ficou acessível, a poucos metros da praia, podendo ser observado sem precisar invadir o lote e enfrentar os cachorros.

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A partir daí, rapidamente sua imagem foi propagada mundo afora por milhares de fotos. Muitos guardam, ainda, as imagens ou cartões-postais colorizados produzidos por estúdios alagoanos como o de Arnaldo Goulart. A imagem do coqueiro era tão forte que muitas empresas alagoanas da época a utilizavam como marca.

O coqueiro começou a receber atenção dos poderes públicos em 1946, na gestão do prefeito Reinaldo Carlos de Carvalho Gama, que mandou enterrar algumas estacas ao seu redor para protegê-lo. Em 1948, quando o prefeito já era João Teixeira de Vasconcelos, no entorno do Gogó da Ema foi construída uma pracinha com quatro banquinhos.

A responsabilidade de sua queda, em 1955, é atribuída as mudanças das correntes marinhas a partir da construção do cais de Maceió. O engenheiro Vinicius de Maia Nobre acredita que o Gogó da Ema já estava em idade adulta, mas que as obras do porto aceleraram o avanço do mar sobre o coqueiro.

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Com o avanço do mar na curva da Ponta Verde, muitos coqueiros foram caindo e também caiu o Gogó da Ema, mesmo com alguns cuidados que foram adotados para mantê-lo de pé, improvisando barreira de troncos, aterrada com arrecifes e cimento. Era uma solução apontada como ineficiente para impedir a ação agressiva das ondas do mar. No dia 27 de julho de 1955, às 14:20 horas, lentamente, cedendo a onda após onda, o cartão postal de Maceió foi vagarosamente caindo.

Houve ainda quem culpasse a extração desenfreada de arrecifes para a produção de cal como a causa do avanço do mar na região, ou mesmo a perfuração dos poços para a pesquisa da existência de petróleo.

Dois dias depois foi montada uma operação para reerguê-lo, mas, mesmo recolocado de pé com a ajuda dos engenheiros agrônomos Jesus Gerardo Parentes Fortes e Olavo Machado, o Gogó da Ema não conseguiu se recuperar.

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A operação durou três dias e contou com a ajuda de um carro guindaste da Companhia Força e Luz. Após 90 dias de tratamento, algumas folhagens reapareceram, mas o mar continuava a solapar a base do coqueiro, derrubando-o definitivamente.

Por sua importância para Maceió, sendo seu símbolo mais conhecido por décadas, o Gogó da Ema recebeu uma homenagem em forma de monumento na praça batizada com o seu nome em um local bem próximo onde ele viveu seus dias de glória.

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Fontes: – Texto “Gogó da Ema” de Luís Veras Filho, Texto “Paixão e morte de um coqueiro” de Carivaldo Brandão, Livro Maceió de Outrora, de Félix Lima Júnior.

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