Xavante people

The Xavante (also Shavante, Chavante, Xavantes, Akuen, A'uwe, Akwe, Awen, or Akwen ) are a company based in Brazil indigenous people. They live in the eastern part of the state of Mato Grosso in 2000 and have about 9600 members. They speak the Xavante language, which belongs to the family of Gé or Jé languages.

History

They were enslaved in the 17th century after they tried to prevent contact with the whites. After a temporary coexistence they retreated in the 19th century Goiás after Mato Grosso behind the Rio das Mortes back. There they were rediscovered in the 1930s. From 1946 to 1957 she was forced under dictator Getúlio Vargas Dornelles in the " National Integration Program" and there have been decimated by massacres and diseases. Because of their history, they are white to very suspicious. Even today, they are extremely careful in dealing with non- Xavante, which they call " waradzu ".

The Xavante have the reputation of being very aggressive and proud. But her most famous attribute is its dualistic social structure. There are two clans which Âwawẽ and Po'reza'õno. Marriage within a clan is forbidden. An example of the relations between the two clans are the traditional tree trunk races in which it comes to transport 80 kg heavy palm stumps to a particular place.

The Xavante are also known for their intricate rites of passage for young men. Trainee men are stung at the age of 14 years, small wooden sticks through the earlobe. These sticks are up to the end of life growing.

Trivia

The Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura devoted to their album Roots from the year 1996, the music of Brazil's indigenous people, in particular the Xavante. The song Itsari includes a ceremony song of the Xavante that are doing musically supported by the band. The last song on the album is a hidden track exists on the members of the tribe and the band perform an approximately 13 - minute work.

Built under license by Embraer combat aircraft Aermacchi MB - 326GC was called AT -26 Xavante.

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