As Palavras-Alma na obra de Kaká Werá Jecupé

Abstract

The Palavras-Alma are the foundation of Guarani cosmology. Transmitted orally from generation to generation, the Soul-Words were transcribed, translated into Portuguese and printed in books by the indigenous writer, researcher, educator and therapist Kaká Werá Jecupé. In their original form, the Palavras-Alma compose chants that are part of elaborate rituals to reveal the Soul-Name of "the one who stands up". When transcribed into texts, the Palavras-Alma were written with the intention of "standing up" the ancestral values of indigenous cultures outside the tribal context, keeping the Guarani tradition alive in the face of the advances of civilization on indigenous Brazilian societies