ABSTRACT
Change and transformation are inherently part of Panara sociality, visible in spatial and temporal associations connected to clans and houses, as well as the enthusiasm with which trade goods and clothing have been adopted. As Panara people engage with Brazilian national society in at times intensive ways, some of the intrinsically beautiful and sometimes powerful things of hipe are recategorized as undesirable and potentially harmful. Not long after the Panara moved back to their old territory and to the new village, one of the elders looked around the village and spoke of how beautiful it was to see the village full of children. Panara people place themselves at the center of their universe and look outwards to the spaces of alterity. Their recent history of engagement with Brazilian national society and the most recent version of hipe, namely, white people, is a history of shifting categories.
