FOOD INTERDICTIONS IN LIMINALITY’S SITUATIONS AMONG THE KIRIRI INDIANS FROM BAHIA'S BACKWATERS

Authors

  • Sandra Simone Morais Pacheco Universidade do Estado da Bahia/UNEB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.18718

Keywords:

Kiriri, interdiction, liminality, food.

Abstract

The Kiriri indigenous people have a population of around 2,000 who live in the north of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The presented results are based on research work undertaken between 2003 and 2007. The food interdictions are rules which state the food as possible cause for illnesses, either physical, psychological or spiritual. Usually, these interdictions are applied more often when involving people in social or physical borderline states. Interdictions related to the food temperature, as well as the combination of food considered “hot” or “cold”, were observed. The food interdictions operate in a field where there can be noted the search for equilibrium and the prevalence of the conception of interdependence between food, body, the historic moment being lived by the body, and the ambient conditions.

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Author Biography

Sandra Simone Morais Pacheco, Universidade do Estado da Bahia/UNEB

Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Ciências da Vida da UNEB, área de Nutrição Social.

Published

2011-06-16

How to Cite

PACHECO, Sandra Simone Morais. FOOD INTERDICTIONS IN LIMINALITY’S SITUATIONS AMONG THE KIRIRI INDIANS FROM BAHIA’S BACKWATERS. Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 5, n. 1, p. 57, 2011. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.18718. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/18718. Acesso em: 12 aug. 2026.

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