An Observation about the “Cultural Renascence” of Katukina-Noke Koi People in Brazil through the Revitalization of the Shamanism

Name: Virgilio Bomfim
Biographical note: Virgilio Bomfim has his bachelor on History and was a teacher of History, Geography and Philosophy at the Centro Internacional de Educação Cultura (2011-2018). His master degree and current Ph.d research is in Anthropology with its focus on shamanism and culture a musician. He has done graduation in Classical piano and popular Brazilian acoustic guitar in the Conservatório Pernambucano de Música. He has recorded albums with his own compositions and jazz standards. Virgilio plays many ethnic instruments from America such as quena, quenachos, Pífanos, Native American flutes and charango. Parallel to Ph.d research he is currently working with the pianist Marcos Diniz to produce a concert of Jazz and Bossa Nova standards to quena flutes.
Affiliations: Effective member of Associaçao Brasileira de Antropologia, Member of SALSA, Researcher of Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Etnicidade ( NEPE- Universidade Federal de Pernambuco- Brazil), Researcher in collaboration with St. Andrews Anthropology Department.

姓名：Virgilio Bomfim
簡歷：Virgilio有歷史學士學位，在國際教育文化中心擔任歷史、地理及哲學教師（2011-2018），並且其碩士及正在修讀的博士學位，都是專攻人類學中的薩滿教傳統音樂。自伯南布哥音樂學院的古典鋼琴領域與流行巴西民族吉他領域畢業後，錄製了自己的爵士專輯，其中他演奏了許多美洲當地的民族樂器，例如安地斯傳統長笛、橫笛、印地安笛及十弦琴。現今，他一邊著手博士研究，一邊與鋼琴家馬可·狄尼斯一同製作安地斯傳統長笛的爵士與巴薩諾瓦音樂。
所屬機構：巴西人類學協會的活躍成員、莎莎舞成員、種族研究中心（NEPE-巴西伯南布哥聯邦大學）研究員、聖安德魯斯大學人類學系共同研究員。