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| | Xavante |
 | | Some of the other distinctive features of Xavante culture include the complex and lengthy initiation rites for boys, culminating in the ear piercing ceremony – at which time small rounded wooden sticks are inserted into their earlobes. |
 | | The Xavante are also famous for their traditional log races, where the two clans compete in a baton-passing style race for several kilometers carrying buriti palm trunks weighing up to 80 kilos. |
 | | McLeod, Ruth, 1974, Fonemas Xavante (in Portuguese, 128 kB), Série Lingüística Nº 3: 131-152. |
| www.sil.org /americas/brasil/LANGPAGE/EnglXVPg.htm (554 words) |
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