Etnografia das crianças Kaiowá da Aldeia Laranjeira Ñanderu: a importância do território para as práticas culturais

Abstract

The present work aims to present an ethnography of the Kaiowá children, more specifically those living in the Laranjeira Ñanderu Village. This area is located in the southern region of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 11 km from the city of Rio Brilhante, near BR -163, about 4 km, after the toll station of CCR-Vias, in destined to the city of Dourados. The community occupies a space in the riparian forest of Rio Brilhante / MS, supported by a judicial determination. The research highlights the relationships and elements that surround children, whether in their daily or ritualistic practices. Addressing the process of expulsion and retaking of the Kaiowá of the Tekoha Laranjeira Ñanderu, this transitory process has had consequences for social organization and kinship. The territory has an importance for cultural practices and the understanding of the centrality of the body in these contexts. The body is where all relationships go, it is an "arena." In addition to these themes, I will discuss the circularity of the Kaiowá children, who are educated first within their domestic fire, and then between the fires, bringing about a circularity within the village.