Migrants in the Faxinal and migrations of faxinalenses: territories and traditional peoples

Abstract

This paper deals with the migration process of faxinalenses to Irati from the year 1980. The region of faxinais is in an area known geographically as the Araucaria Forest (region of pine forests). In this case comprises municipalities located in the central southern Paraná, such as Rebouças, Guarapuava, Irati and Ponta Grossa. In these forests there are representatives of tropical and temperate flora of Brazil, being dominated, however, the Paraná pine. Due to its high economic value, it has come under heavy pressure from deforestation, which contributed to the migration process. We conducted interviews with former faxinalenses in order to study what are the main changes occurring in the faxinal from that period. We also outline in general terms, the process of deterritorialization of these people, because going to the city is in part a cultural legacy to leave to meet with someone whose history is unknown, whose memories are strange.