About desire: the emergence of extensive differences among living ones (Aikewara, Pará)

Abstract

Every kind of body has its own path, something that defines it in a profound way, says the Aikewara, Tupi-Guarani people from southwest Pará. For example, man or woman is the one who walks as man or woman, who walks through the path that belongs to this “kind” of body. However, the path of a being in particular is not given and, therefore, can be diverted – is more like a trail that is gradually drawn in the forest.That said, the question posed by this article is: What happens when a man strays from his own path and “walks” as a woman? In other words, the intent here is to present a outline of na ontology which, for all purposes, one body can turn out to be another, where a man can come to effectively become a woman, and vice versa.