Description: Indigenous art and handcrafts are extremely rich in diversity of shapes, colors, and purposes. Artifacts are made from a multitude of natural resources, mainly seeds, wood, vines, fibers, straw, bones, feathers, and fruits. Currently, the manufacture of indigenous handicrafts also represents a way that traditional people use to promote greater social visibility, particularly regarding their rights and the expression of their cultures. This project aims to investigate and describe the use that some indigenous ethnic groups make of Scleria cf. mitis, popularly known as tiririca grass. In collaboration with indigenous students of the Intercultural Education Program at UFG, we want to know more about traditional groups using the plant, what kind of artifacts and objects are produced and their respective cultural meanings, who are the community members involved with these activities and how trade and valuation of the goods they produce are defined. Our idea is to document this information and to contribute to the preservation of the indigenous cultures that are involved. 

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Status: 2019 - current

 

Institution: UFG

 

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Team members: Carlos Bianchi / Francielly Fernandes