"A PANDEMIA DOS ESPÍRITOS": NOTAS COSMOLÓGICAS SOBRE O ENCANTADO DE BOTO E O NOVO CORONAVÍRUS NA AMAZÔNIA.

Result of field research on the Marabá, a city located in southeastern Pará, the article analyzes through reports of fishermen, mourners, vendors, and residents of the surroundings, the relationship between the advancement of the new coronavirus and the effects of enchanted beings that inhabit the Tocantins River. Enchantment of porpoises, snakes, and other aquatic beings are mobilized in local experiences as a cosmological background to understand the new coronavirus the agglomerations, and the current scientific interpretations of social behavior in the Amazon context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]