Corpo forte, dança alegre: para uma antropologia da dança entre os Waiwai

Abstract

This piece of work aims at analysing the Waiwai people dance, who speak languages of caribe family, located at the tribe of Takará on the Trombeta-Mapuera indigenous land. This society has two periods when dance is seen, one in the context of the evangelic cult and the other in the parties that happen during Easter, gatherings and at the end of the year. The concern here is to watch the use of these bodies through the daily movements, to comprehend the elements which are part of their dances. Understanding that the same elements which are present in this art form are inseparable from what can be seen in their daily lives. The dance is able to put under the spotlight essential aspects to understand a culture, as they are elected to be part of such art form. Therefore, the dance under the artisanship light has an important role in the education, in the building of these bodies, and so, is also a place of action