Nhandereko: rituais e estratégias de reprodução cultural Guarani

Abstract

This work is the result of ethnographic research accomplished among the Guarani Tekohá Itamarã, from Diamante do Oeste - Pr. The scope of this study is to understand contemporary cultural reproduction of these authocthon people, mainly concerning their ritual practices. The constant intercultural contact is a trademark of historical trajectory of this indigenous ethnic, which in the course of this process had elaborate visibility and survivor strategies, physical and cultural. This is the meaning pursued by the lines below, that show the contribution of the mythological framework and body strategies for cultural "maintenance" of the current Guarani group.