Autores de autenticidade: articulação indígena no Ceará

Abstract

Nowadays present in indigenous area in Ceará, became gradually known amongst leaders of social movements, representatives of governmental bodies and members of the local press. Although seen by many as the most widespread form of signaling indigenousness in the region, the effectiveness of Toré as a cultural border, or as an evidence of cultural distinction, remains uncertain. After all, what is Toré? It is an ancestral practice, or a novel and recently introduced cultural invention? Could it be a re-invention of existing cultural forms? Would it be possible to look at such a dance without making use of these explanatory frameworks, which falls into the dichotomy of continuity and permanence versus discontinuity and invention? These are the questions I explore in this article.