IMAGINARY AND MYTHICAL REPRESENTATIONS: THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS (AYVU PORÃ) OF THE GUARANI MBYA DIVINE CHANTS (MBORAI)
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https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-6524.65570Keywords:
Guarani Mbya chant (mborai), cosmology, mythical discourse, chant-and-dance group (mborai-jeroky), theogony.Abstract
The poetic discourses of the Guarani Mbya mborai (chants), which were recorded in CDs released by chants and dance groups, are representatives of this people’s cultural imagery, compromised to its mythological conception. Through the sacred contents of the chants, always linked to praised deities, we can understand the space-time dimension of the Guarani Mbya culture, in which the historical experiences are portrayed as real, and the myth arises as a foundational expression of life and mankind. The mythical narratives of the chants, conceived as ayvu porã (“the beautiful words”), are seen as an intrinsic part of the “beautiful knowledge” (arandu porã) and lead to this discussion, which focuses on debating the signification of those divine mythical identities registered in the words of the chants.Downloads
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2017-12-31
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ARRUDA CAMPOS, Alzira Lobo; CHIZZI GODOY, Marília Gomes; RODRIGUES SANTOS, Raimunda Maria. IMAGINARY AND MYTHICAL REPRESENTATIONS: THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS (AYVU PORÃ) OF THE GUARANI MBYA DIVINE CHANTS (MBORAI). Espaço Ameríndio, Porto Alegre, v. 11, n. 2, p. 167, 2017. DOI: 10.22456/1982-6524.65570. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EspacoAmerindio/article/view/65570. Acesso em: 28 aug. 2025.
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