Etnotuorism in the Lagoa Encantada. Ethnogenesis Jenipapo-Kanindé/Aquiraz-Ceará

This study describes the formation and development of the sociohistorical process of the ethnic tourism of the Jenipapo-Kanindé people in the Indian land (IT) of Lagoa Encantada, in the municipality of Aquiraz, in the state of Ceará. Since 1995 there are community tourism projects, and from 2008 onwards they have strengthen as a consequence of land demarcation and integration into the Cearense Network of Community Tourism. (TUCUM), which provides an increased visibility to territorial claims and resistance to implementations of major developments projects along the coast of Ceará, whether public or private, subsidized with international capital. The research focuses on the ethnic tourism projects developed by the Indians Jenipapo- Kanindé and its effects on their cultural and identity reconstruction: the strategies developed to strengthen their ethnic identity, the development projects and political actions will be described through case studies. Life stories will be presented, the involvement of leaders with community tourism (Participation in TUCUM Network and museological projects) and political action in the indigenous movement at the state and national level. This perspective enables to launch a differentiated look on the cultural redesigning processes of l identity from tourism. Thus, the identity will be considered in relation to tourism, taking into account the contradictions and internal segmentation, highlighting the role of agents in the social construction of the tourist reality.