DESCENDO À TERRA: ATMOSFERA E CORPOS CELESTES NO RELATOS SOBRE A SERRA DO ARACURI BAJANDO A LA TIERRA: ATMOSFERA Y ASTROS EN LOS RELATOS ACERCA DEL CERRO DE ARACURI
DESCENDING TO EARTH: ATMOSPHERE AND CELESTIAL BODIES IN SPEECHES ABOUT THE ARACURI MOUNTAIN

Author(s): Priscila Faulhaber Barbosa
Subject(s): Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Cultural Astronomy; Meteorology; Ethnography
Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the atmosphere and celestial bodies’ movements ideas appearing on the speeches about the Aracuri Hill recorded in the community of Agua Fria de Cima, Lago Grande do Curuai/Pará/Brazil. This community of people I interacted with states that they descend from Mundurucu Indians married to escaped slaves. Their memory goes back to the Cabanagem war. They present this hill as an imaginary territory related to bewitched snakes, rays, thunders, and environmental phenomena such as rain formation, topographic shifts, and stars movements. I will distinguish those beings in analyzing the narrations registered in the Agua Fria de Cima community, correlating them to specialized ethnographic contributions such as Murphy’s monograph.

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