A circulação da família guarani Sarate de Brum – o guatá entre Kajekue e a Colonia Fortuna’i, Paraguai, e Porto Lindo, Brasil

Abstract

It is common knowledge that the vast literature on the Guarani peoples considers the issue of guata – Guarani spatial mobility – as a recurrent theme. This work sought to describe and analyze how guata (walking, wandering) is performed among the Guarani in the communities Colonia Fortuna’i (Paraguay) and Porto Lindo (Brazil), mainly based on reports from the people in my family. With this research, we also endeavored to understand what are the impacts of this wandering on those people who move, in terms of documentation, ethnic denomination, language, local political organization, ritual practices, family arrangements, access to public policies and social programs, etc. Through this work, I managed to describe the villages in which the Guarani people of my family circulate: where they are, how they are organize, what relationships they maintain with the karai (non-indigenous) institutions. In addition to reading on the subject, I talked with my relatives, mainly my father, grandfather, and mother, and also examined my own memories and experiences. I consider it very important to have carried out the research because I was able to organize the history of my family’s journey.