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The study assessed the interaction between people and therapeutic plants in the traditional pharmacopoeia in different contexts of healing and religiosity. Homegardens in the towns of Abaetetuba and Vigia, and stands at the market, Feira da 25 de Setembro, in the city of Belém, PA, were investigated. The methodology included conducting semi-structured interviews and photographic records to analyze the cultural and religious value aggregated to plants and their use in the tradition of these populations. The use of 50 species of therapeutic plants was identified, 29 at Feira da 25, 11 in Abaetetuba and 19 in Vigia. There is a greater diversity of species at Feira da 25 and the demand is related to mystical rituals. The species mucuracaá, catinga de mulata, rosemary and basil are frequently used in ritual works for spiritual protection. In the homegardens, residents expressed spiritual and affective connections, wherein the plants have sacred meanings in addition to transmitting well-being. Both at markets and in homegardens, diversity in the use of species associated with the domain of knowledge and traditions passed down through family generations means the use of plants is effective at curing diseases of the body and soul. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text makes an ethnographic approach to the relational complexity present in the Amazonian territories, where the care and cure routes detonate a fact that cannot go unnoticed and is the presence of religious institutions that echoes up to the present time and that marks with deep wounds the history and the life courses that are woven there. Marks of a mainly missional legacy of the Catholic Church manifested in Jesuits and Franciscans, which in addition to spiritual disputes, leads to tensions and re-existence between the actors involved in the care and healing processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Proponho uma reflexão sobre as ações Karitiana em função da Covid-19. Até a chegada da doença, o grupo realizou medidas preventivas, valendo-se de sua Festa dos Remédios e, ao mesmo tempo, atendendo às recomendações não indígenas no enfrentamento da gripe. Contudo, após a contaminação generalizada e a ocorrência de dois falecimentos em hospitais, os Karitiana decidiram concentrar-se apenas nos seus próprios meios de cura. Procuro desvendar os fundamentos dessa decisão.

El presente texto realiza una aproximación etnográfica a la complejidad relacional presente en los territorios amazónicos, donde las rutas de cuidado y cura detonan un hecho que no puede pasar desapercibido: la presencia de las instituciones religiosas, que hace eco hasta tiempos presentes y marca con heridas profundas la historia y los cursos de vida que allí se tejen. Estas marcas hacen parte de un legado principalmente misional de la iglesia católica, manifiesto en jesuitas y franciscanos, que además de disputas espirituales deriva en tensiones y re-existencias entre los sujetos actores de los procesos de cuidado y cura.

I propose a reflection about the Karitiana actions due to Covid-19. Until the arrival of the disease, the group carried out preventive measures, making use of its Remedies Festival and, at the same time, complying with the non-indigenous recommendations to deal with the flu. However, after widespread contamination and two deaths in hospitals, the Karitiana decided to focus only on their own means of cure. I try to find out the reasons for this decision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]