Abstract
This essay discusses aspects related to the production of indigenous textualities, taking as reference two versions of Watunna, the Ye'kwana cosmogony: that of the French Marc de Civrieux and that of the Ye’kwana Marcos Rodrigues. To do so, we approach the indigenous poetic plurality of circum-Roraima, which is a rich space in terms of human and cultural diversity, located on the triple border Brazil-Guyana-Venezuela. Our proposal assumes the need to cultivate an area of investigation that brings literary theory closer to anthropology and that takes into account the particularities arising from indigenous cultures and languages. This means that the written record of indigenous verbal arts brings into play a complex process of creation, recreation, translation, and circulation, involving not only a poetic dimension, but also an ethical and political one.
Keywords:
indigenous textualities; translation; circulation;
watunna