O humor entre os povos Jê: cotidiano e ritual

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to promote a reflection about the laugh and the humor on the experience of indigenous societies Ge, located in the Central Brazil. Based on ethnographic analysis of Ge people produced between the 1970s and 2010, in this essay the approach of the humor it evolves around two specific contexts: interpersonal relations named "joking relationships” according to classical anthropology and the presence of funny characters or ”clowns” in rituals. The approach of the former is based on the perspective of "conviviality" (Overing, 2000) together with the management of emotions in daily life; the later leads us to a mention on the control of fear of otherness. The argument supported here is that humor Ge is an fundamental element in the lives of these people, not only for the promotion of "well-being" but also related to anger management in everyday life, as well as the construction of experiential possibilities that go beyond the social structures of the Ge people.