Coming-of-Age Ceremony and Tikuna Indigenous School Education: Memories, Identities, and Community-based Learning
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This study analyzes the Festa da Moça Nova (Coming-of-Age Ceremony), a rite of passage of the Tikuna people held in the Indigenous Community of Santa Rosa, in Tabatinga, Amazonas, and its contribution to differentiated, intercultural, bilingual, and community-based Indigenous school education. The celebration, which marks the transition of a girl into adulthood, is also understood as a pedagogical space where ancestral knowledge, collective memories, and community values are transmitted. The research employed a qualitative, descriptive, and phenomenological approach, including interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers, participant observation, and analysis of theoretical frameworks on the subject. The objectives were to describe the stages of the ritual, analyze its symbols, reflect on its educational dimension, and investigate how it may be integrated into the school curriculum. The findings indicate that the Festa da Moça Nova, in addition to being an element of intangible cultural heritage, strengthens Tikuna identity and contributes to school education grounded in the cosmogony and traditional knowledge of the people.
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