Os Kaingang de Cândido de Abreu: Práticas (materiais e simbólicas) tradicionais e relação com o território

Abstract

Esse artigo busca compreender a relacao dos Kaingang e suas praticas (materiais e simbolicas) tradicionais com o territorio, na Terra Indigena Faxinal (TIF), Cândido de Abreu-PR. O territorio, a terra (Gâ), Kaingang e o espaco das vivencias cotidianas, no qual ha forte relacao dos individuos com os meios de sobrevivencia, mas tambem onde sao narrados os mitos e as lendas sobre os seres sobrenaturais e onde se assentam as bases de sua organizacao social. Local em que estao enterrados os seus falecidos e os seus umbigos. Suas praticas tradicionais sao guiadas por um elo com o territorio, estando vivas nao so na memoria, como no cotidiano, orientando a vida dos Kaingang na relacao com este territorio, com destaque para aquelas praticas de subsistencia (agricultura, pesca e caca), medicinais (saberes praticos e simbolicos), religiosas, dentre outras. \n \nAbstract \n \nTHE KAINGANG OF CÂNDIDO DE ABREU: TRADITIONAL (MATERIAL AND SYMBOLIC) PRACTICES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH TERRITORY \n \nThis article aims to understand the relationship of the Kaingang and their traditional (material and symbolic) practices with the territory, in Terra Indigena 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.