O Toré como representação religiosa entre os índios Xukuru do Ororubá (Pesqueira e Poção/PE) .

Abstract

This study sought to present and analyze Toré as a collective dance and well-known sociocultural expression of indigenous peoples in the Northeastof Brazil, with multiple meanings, but mainly as an identity statement in the mobilization of the Indians, such as the Ororubá Xukuru (Pesqueira and Poção/PE), for rights claims, specifically the demarcation of the lands where they live that are usurped by invaders. As also practiced as a religious ritual, with a sense of belonging and identity linked to the ancestors and for access to the Enchanted, spiritual beings of the religious universe of the indigenous. In the research, besides bibliographic readings about the Torah among several indigenous peoples in the Northeast, to study the Xukuru of Ororubá we were in ceremonies, we made participant observations and interviews with religious leaders and practitioners of the Tore, seeking to perceive and highlight the importance, the meanings, the moments and spaces where these indigenous people practiced the Toré.