Palavras-chave: Jogos Indígenas; Futebol; Copa do Mundo.
Palavras-chave: Jogos Indígenas; Futebol; Copa do Mundo.
The text brings some insights that lead to understanding the dual structure in the game rules of the Indigenous Olympics Cuiabá in 2013, especially football games. The "head football", traditional among some indigenous in Mato Grosso shows that English football is not so strange to the Indians who watched on television the World Cup football with great interest in 2014. The author noted that the choice of places of entertainment and games had economic interests, so perhaps the definition of ethnic groups who have played more followed the criterion of non-indigenous than the officially publicized indigenous interests. This seems to be the cause for which the Chiquitanos while indigenous ethnic group in confrontation declared with the State of Mato Grosso, did not have space in the Indigenous Games Cuiabá. Another aspect that makes it visible is the fact that only some ethnic groups had adequate space for the sale of its artifacts. Despite these and other setbacks, the natives Pataxós in the Land of Santa Cruz knew how to connect with their relatives by body painting, in selling their artifacts and with the German football champions.
KEYWORDS: Indigenous Games; Football; World Cup.
Acesse a Revista Espaço Ameríndio