Culture and Ethnomathematics: a teaching proposal through Takua/Taquary in the Jaguapiré village (Kaiowá People)

Abstract

In view of the devaluation of indigenous culture in our country, it becomes relevant the attempts to strengthen the indigenous tradition, in the case of this research, of the Kaiowá people in the Jaguapiré Village, located in the municipality of Tacuru, in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul. Therefore, the objective of this study is, based on the presentation and description of the instrument known as Takua or Taquary used by women in indigenous songs and dances, known as Jeroky, to present a lesson plan that articulates knowledge about geometric solids, figures flats and traditional knowledge about the Takua. Thus, through this qualitative research, carried out from a participant observation, in which two female leaders, knowledgeable of spiritual teachings, were interviewed and a lesson plan was built that articulates Kaiowá cultural knowledge and the Teaching of Mathematics, we aimed to reveal the importance of the indigenous woman of this, as well as,  that it is possible to teach other mathematics through this spiritual artifact, which made it possible to highlight the relevance of facilitating the teaching and learning of students in the classroom in school spaces in indigenous communities, through the reflection of their culture.