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The Satere-Mawe In The Brazilian Amazon

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The Satere-mawe in indigenous tribe located in the Brazilian Amazon.The tribe has little contact with the outside world,though it has gained some attention over the years-especially the terrifying coming-of-age initiation ceremony that bestows the nickname “Sons of the Guarana’ upon the tribal members. When the boys in the Satere-Mawe tribe turn 13 they enter the jungle to find and harvest bullet ants (around one-inch long) that will be used for the ceremony. A tribe leader then sedates the ants by submerging them in a herbal solution. Once the ants stop moving, they weave them into “gloves,” with the stingers pointed inward. After an hour or so, the ants wake up an angrier than ever, an the initiation tradition beings. The young boys take
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