O TUPINIKIM E O SAGRADO: HISTÓRIA, ARTE E NATUREZA NA RELIGIOSIDADE TUPINIKIM

Abstract

The research analyzes the relationship of the Tupinikim people with the sacred, especially from the point of view of art and their relationship with nature. The specific objectives are: 1) to narrate the history of the Tupinikim people and their relationship with the land of Espírito Santo; 2) describe the experience, memories and some sacred Tupinikim stories; and, 3) to analyze the Tupinikim religiosity present in dance, singing, body painting and in the forest as a sacred temple. The problem-question that guides the research is: how is the Tupinikim's relationship with the sacred based on art and nature? Regarding the methodology, it is a bibliographic review on the Tupinikim indigenous people with a focus on the sacredness of art and the relationship with nature. Despite the historical synthesis that considers the Tupinikim religious matrix since its ancestry, the present research is focused on the current Tupinikim who live in the region of Aracruz, in the interior of the state of Espírito Santo.