THE KAINGANG OF CÂNDIDO DE ABREU: TRADITIONAL (MATERIAL AND SYMBOLIC) PRACTICES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH TERRITORY

• Autor(a) principal: Strachulski, Juliano
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Alves, Jorge No Kaya
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: GeoTextos (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/33873
• topic: Povo Kaingang; Práticas tradicionais; Território; Terra Indígena Faxinal; Kaingang people; Traditional practices; Territory; Terra Indígena Faxinal

This article aims to understand the relationship of the Kaingang and their traditional (material and symbolic) practices with the territory, in Terra Indígena Faxinal (TIF), Cândido de Abreu-PR. The territory, the land (Gâ), Kaingang is space of everyday experiences, in which is a strong relationship of individuals with the means of survival, but also where myths and legends about supernatural beings are narrated and where settle down the foundations of their social organization. Local where his deceased’s and their navels are buried. Its traditional practices are guided by a link with territory, being alive not only in memory, but in everyday, guiding lives of the Kaingang in the relationship with this territory, with highlight those subsistence (agriculture, fishing and hunting), medicinal (practical and symbolic knowledge), religious, among others.