The Cosmos according to the Yanomami

hutukara and urihi

Authors

  • Ana Maria Rabelo Gomes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG
  • Davi Kopenawa Hutukara Associação Yanomami

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2316-770X.2015.2743

Keywords:

Yanomami, Davi Kopenawa, amazon forest, Hutukara

Abstract

The article is the transcription of the lectures given at UFMG in 2013 by David Kopenawa, leader and shaman Yanomami as a guest of the Institute of Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies (IEAT / UFMG). In the first part, the shaman presents some elements of Yanomami cosmology - Hutukara and Urihi – in order to state the centrality and importance the Yanomami attribute to these entities in our lives, and whose semantic approach converges to the terms world-universe; and forest-land. In the second part, he approaches Yanomami knowledge practices focusing on the xapiri, beings created by the demiurge Omama, and their relation to the care of the world and the people.

Author Biographies

  • Ana Maria Rabelo Gomes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

    Faculdade de Educação/UFMG e coordenadora do Observatório da Educação Escolar Indígena - OEEI/UFMG. 

  • Davi Kopenawa, Hutukara Associação Yanomami

    Presidente da Hutukara Associação Yanomami (HAY) e vive na Terra Indígena Yanomami em Roraima.

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Published

2016-09-09

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 e 2 (2015): Diversity

Section

Artigos

How to Cite

The Cosmos according to the Yanomami: hutukara and urihi. Revista da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, v. 22, n. 1 e 2, p. 142–159, 2016. DOI: 10.35699/2316-770X.2015.2743. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistadaufmg/article/view/2743. Acesso em: 18 dec. 2024.