NO REINO DAS ÁGUAS: ENCANTADOS, NATUREZA E CULTURA DO PANTANAL

Abstract

This article stemmed from oral accounts about the Chacororé Bay, collected in field
researches, in the Pantanal mato-grossense-MT, in the region of Barão de Melgaço. Through the fluency
of the voice, the memory of the Pantanal communities, and of the waters, a map is obtained that goes
beyond the geographical lines, the data and the natural elements. Chacororé is an enchanted bay.The
Chacororé waters, in the Pantanal dwellers’ imaginary and popular culture, seem to belong and be two
distinct universes at the same time. The intersectional shaping of the enchantment, between natural and
supernatural, also reaches the beings and myths that live in the Chacororé. In many cases, the imaginary
beings are noticed in this intersection and are given a physical materiality.