THE MYTH OF MATINTA PERERA OF TAPERAÇU CAMPO AND THE CONCEPT OF GIFT: APPROACHING OF AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONCEPT

Abstract

The work plan of this article aims to approximate the oral narratives about Matinta Perera of Bragança community Taperaçu Campo to the concept of gift by Marcel Mauss (2003), considering the research developed in this community over the years 2012 and 2013. To do so, we use the concepts of that Mauss’s social relations triple duty: that of giving, receiving and giving back, will approach this observation that the offer is made to matinta that, as a rule, is tobacco, coffee or fish. The methodological approach is based in the research field to record the narratives that permeated the recording with some locals and hence transcription of oral texts, which were finally compared to the theory of giving Mauss. Preliminarily, it was concluded that the denial of the locals in this Amazon offer divinity on the one hand, suggests an altruistic action, and the other corresponds to a selfish action, since they give(tobacco, coffee etc.) considering receive (lullaby, not foreboding, etc.). The importance of this anthropological study studies is to approach the popular belief, grounded in this expression of popular literature, to sociology-anthropology as another way to approach and collate bragantinasoral narratives.Keywords: Gift, Matinta Perera, oral narratives, Taperaçu Campo.