O(s) corpo(s) Kõkamõu: a performatividade do pajé-hekura Yanonami da região de Maturacá

Abstract

The present thesis presents the results of the ethnographic research on the performativity of the hekuramou Yanonami ritual from the Maturacá region - Alto Rio Negro, developed from 2015 to 2018. The hekuramou ritual is divided by the pajé-hekuras in ëpenamou (prevention), in miamo (healing) and miamowi (attacks). This research mainly investigates the ëpenamou ritual, which is daily performed. The body composes the performativity of the hekuramou, expanding in the otherness of space, strengthening in the abilities and capacities of everyday life, and above all, it is composed of the potentialities of the affection between the hekura-hekura and the hekura-spirit, building the corporeality of the ritual hekuramou from the performativity, that is, a set of elements in movement that are put together, forming the corporeity - the body far beyond the human physical delimitation. In this work, the Kõkamõu methodology, which in the Yanonami language means together, was created, demonstrating the symmetrical relationship established by the indigenous and non-indigenous stakeholders during the research period, strengthening the affections and expanding the relation beyond the initial objectives of the research.