Mens Pulchra in Corpore Pulchro

prática esportiva em uma comunidade naturista

Abstract

In this article, made after one year of the participate observations in community Colina do Sol (RS), I analyze the sports activities in the naturism from two perspectives. The first one, is the preoccupation with health and the holist conception of man, inherit of ancient association between naturism and heliotherapy. The second is the emphasis in the innocence of bodies and minds without clothes and the modern life competitivicty, which is to naturists one of the differences of his way-of-life. Then, the games or tournaments, made principally in summer, express harmony and friendship that characterize the naturist areas. In this place is devalued the excessive preoccupation with the victory as well as exaggeration in his commemoration or conducts that could generate or express conflict among the naturists.
Keywords naturism; sport; body