INDEX 



Administrados, 7, 10. 



African culture, vestiges of, 3, 13, 114, 119, 139. 



Africans, 3, 5, 7, 9-10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 104, 108, 114, 119, 



189, 190, 202. 

 Agronomist, 64. 

 Aguardente (pinga), 8, 20, 35, 38, 3^40, 41, 42, 46, 54, 56, 



65, 67, 71, 82, 89-90, 92, 96, 122, 123, 126, 137, 163, 



164, 180, 194, 199, 205, 209, 214, 223. 

 Aldeiamenw , 6, 7, 10. 

 Almas penadas, 168-169. 

 Alternatives of behavior, 5, 103, 138, 208. 



Andores,'l4Q, 158, 159, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 221. 



Ants, 20-21, 34, 118; used for food, 35. 



Apa, 17, 51, 83. 



Assimilation, 12, 13, 103, 126, 196, 197, 199-200. 



Assombragoes, 104, 170, 182, 183, 216, 219, 221. 



Attendance, at Mass, 153-154. 



Attitudes, 103, 104, 106, 121, 124, 125, 133, 137, 138, 

 140-141, 152, 157, 160, 196, 197, 199, 200, 208, 209, 213, 

 216, 217; city-country, 107-112; racial, 190-194; 

 reverent, 151; skeptical, 182-184; toward confession, 

 156-157; toward farming, 74; toward iUegitimacy, 

 139-140; toward intermarriage, 192-194; toward life on 

 the farm, 111-112; toward occupation, 57-58; toward 

 pilgrimages, 176; toward politics, 104-105, 184, 188-189; 

 toward Protestants, 178-182; toward sex, 119; toward 

 siblings, 130-131; toward Spiritualism, 182; toward the 

 caipira, 108-110; toward the child, 129, 130; toward the 

 dog, 78-80; toward the Mass, 154; toward the mother, 

 12^130; toward the mother-in-law, 131; toward the 

 mulirao, 70-71; toward vows, 173-175; toward wa3"side 

 crosses, 170. 



Automobile, first appearance, 213. 



Bar anas, 38, 68, 70, 211. 



Bandeirantes, 1, 8, 9, 13, 104, 221. 



Banter, 209-210. 



Barbecue, 188-189. 



Barter, 97. 



Beans, 7, S, 36, 38, 39, 51, 61, 66, 94, 111, 164, 215. 



Beef, 8, 36-37, 38, 39, 91, 188. 



Birds, 18-19, 32, 33, 36, 118. 



Bird whistles, 17, 33. 



Broom making, 82. 



Caigara, 3. 



Caingang, 6. 



Caipira, 3, 106, 107-112, 121, 181, 187, 199, 212; dialect, 



108, 114-119, 200, 221. 

 Capeldo, 57, 146, 154, 155, 170, 171, 202, 203, 221. 

 Capitao de mato, 10. 

 Capivara, 8, 18, 32, 33, 38, 78, 82, 221. 

 Carij6, 5, 6, 7, 10. 

 Caste, absence of, 200. 

 Ceremonial sanction, 105-106. 

 Charcoal, 35, 56, 57, 82, 90-91. 

 Cheese, 78. 



Chickens, 37, 75, 76, 95, 161, 163. 

 Cip6, 16-17, 34, 36, 42, 43, 50, 80, 82, 86, 118, 221. 

 Class, apparent absence of, 138, 193, 200. 

 Cofi'ee, 38, 39, 41-42, 46, 48, 61, 62, 63, 82, 111, 124-125, 



136, 158, 163, 164, 221. 

 CoUectional economy, 7, S, 12, 16-19, 22, 32-36, 79. 

 Color (racial) categories, 24, 190, 192. 

 Compadres, 3, 25, 101, 102, 120, 142, 143, 168, 184, 186, 



209, 216, 222. 

 Competition, biotic, 6, 19-22, 26-27; economic, 71-74. 

 Concerted action, 100, 104-105; and passim. 

 Configuration of the village, 2, 4. 

 Creche, 144. 



Crime, relative absence of, 217-218. 

 Cross, 144, 145, 159, 164, 169, 170-172, 173, 218; wayside, 



169-170. 



Cultural homogeneity, 29. 



Cultural imperialism, 3. 



Cultural transmission, 5, S, 29, 30, 32, 55, 79, 100, 128, 208. 



Deer, 18, 32, 33, 78, 82. 



Dialectal modifications, 114-119. 



Diet, 36, 38. 



Discrimination, 191, 193. 



Distribution, by age, 22-23, 24; by race and color, 24; by 



race, at Mass, 191; by race, in the population, 189-190; 



by sex, 22, 23-24. 

 Distribution system, 71-72. 

 Diversification of crops, 61, 70. 

 Doces, 37-38, 92. 

 Dominance, ecological, 6, 190; economic, 190; cultural, 



190; poUtical, 13, 190. 

 Doutor, title of, 201. 



Ear piercing, 32. 



Ecological imperialism, 6. 



Economic self-sufficiency, 63, 87, 215-216. 



Ego inflation, 129. 



Encomcndas, 103, 107, 222. 



Europeans, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24, 32, 79, 108, 109, 



127, 189, 190, 192. 

 Expectations of behavior, 100, 103, 120-126, 129-130, 



132-133, 134-135, 138, 140, 142-143, 190, 196, 203, 208. 

 Extended family, 127, 131. 



Fazendeiros, 8, 9, 10, 29, 202, 207, 222. 



Festa, 2, 9, 32, 48, 49, 58, 59, 60, 82, 105, 113, 135, 138, 

 143, 144, 145, 150, 152, 157-167, 173, 174, 182, 189, 203, 

 205, 212; of Holy Week, 158-160; of Nossa Senhora da 

 Aparecidinha, 145, 164; of Nossa Senhora da Conceicao, 

 163-164; of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, 152, 160-161, 

 175; of Santa Cruz, 167, 170-172; of Santo Antonio, 

 161-162; of Sao Bom Jesus de Pirapora, 164-165; of 

 Sao Benedito, 161; of Sao Gongalo, 167, 174; of Sao 

 Joao, 161, 162-163, 207; of Sao Jos6, 163; of Sao Pedro, 

 161; of Sao Roque, 165-167. 



Fesleiros, 157, 158, 170, 171, 175, 222. 



Figa, 92. 



Firearms, 33, 50, 51, 188, 222. 



Firewood, 35, 47, 61, 93. 



Fireworks, 17, 82, 83-84, 92, 105, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164, 

 165, 166, 167, 171. 



Fish, 7, 8, 17-18, 33, 34, 36, 51, 92, 161, 164, 210. 



Fishgig {jisga), 33, 34. 



Fish trap (covo), 33, 34, 51; plate 9, e. 



Fleas, 21. 



Fluidity (ecological), 2, 29. 



Fragmentation of properties, 29, 70, 97. 



Gamela, 46, 55, 84. 



Gestures, 119, 120, 121, 132, 195. 



"Giving of satisfaction," 195. 



Godchild, 120, 121, 127, 142-143. 



Godparents, 120, 121, 142-143. 



Gold, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 95; mined in the community, 7, 12. 



Gossip, 208-209. 



Guarand, 38, 40, 163, 222. 



Guarani, 5, 6, 21, 118, 119. 



Guardian angel, 149, 155. 



Guavand, 5, 6, 8. 



Habits, channeled by culture, 5, 208, 209, 217. 



Hoe (enxada), 50, 52, 55, 66, 67, 215. 



Holv Week, 128, 157, 158-160. 



HospitaUty, 121, 124. 



"House of Miracles," 149, 164-165, 173. 



led, 17, 18, 20, 32, 34, 35, 36, 222. 



Images, 9, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 158, 



159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 183. 

 Indian culture, vestiges of, 3, 5, 13, 29, 30, 79, 114, 118- 



119, 139. 



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