JEROKY, BROTO FLEXÍVEL
Cristine Takuá
08 de agosto de 2024
Photo: Alexandre Maxakali
"All that is born is like a sprout. All that sprouts dances: ojeroky. Thus, by dancing, things arise and grow. The Guarani term jeroky is translated as "dance", but if we delve deeper into its roots, it means "to blossom like a new seed".
"The new seed germinates in the darkness of the underground and from it the root sprouts and spreads. The first leaf appears and, dancing, it has to leave the underground in search of light. It's the same with our bodies: we need to dance to get out of our mother's womb and into the light."
Carlos Papa and Anai Vera
(https://piseagrama.org/artigos/jeroky-a-danca-do-broto/)
Photo: Cris Takuá
In the depths of darkness, thousands and thousands of times ago, life and all that dwells in the world was made to blossom, so the Guarani thinkers tell us.
Since gestation in their mother's womb, babies dance, dance and come naturally into the world. And from that moment on, like a little sprout, each one of us blossoms until we start to crawl, walk and tread the paths of our dreams and yearnings.
Photo: Carlos Papá
Curiously, I've noticed that throughout life we're moulded by non-living schools and square cities, designed to always walk in a straight line, to always sit with our bodies folded in a chair.
By doing this, we unlearn the basic principle of Jeroky as the Living School of the forest makes us practise. To walk in the forest is to dance, to dance like a "flexible sprout". Just like sitting under a tree to tell and listen to stories. Our bodies remain in constant harmony with the melody of the forest.
When we allow ourselves to feel our bodies and the natural movements that forests teach us to live with, we begin to connect with life that pulses and is incredibly wild.
Photo: Cris Takuá
Photo: Alexandre Maxakali
*Vídeo de Carlos Papa – Jeroky
https://youtu.be/mlipzvcQ9wM?si=kexo4c8AEEwNVAV0