PINTURA CORPORAL E MEMÓRIA INDÍGENA

História e tradições religiosas entre os Jiripankó

Abstract

Inhabitants of the Alto Sertão de Alagoas, the Jiripankó indigenous people carry out different traditions common to their social environment. Among these, the uses of body painting in religious events are characterized as representations of ethnic identity and belonging to a set of particular memories. Therefore, this work aims to analyze some characteristics of these paintings, seeking to understand their identity and memorial dimensions. The research was based on methodologies linked to field research, according to the concepts of Oliveira (2000), to Oral History, from Alberti (2004), and to documental study, according to Ginzburg (1989). The methodological path was also based on concepts from authors such as Pesavento (2003), Peixoto (2018), Chartier (1991) and Candau (2016), developing an analysis of body paintings and their relationships with memory and Jiripanko identity.