indian cultures The Xerente Indians native tribes

The Xerente are found in the center of the state and their reservation is located in the municipality of Tocantinia. They are 1,500, divided into 29 villages over an area of 459,000 acres. Xerente villages: Funil, Bela Vista, Cercadinha, Brejo Comprido, Serrinha I e II, Centro, Agua Fria, Rio do Sono, Mirasol, Recanta, Baixa Funda, Brejinha, Salto, Porteira, Aldeia Nava, Sangradouro, Lajeadinho, Cabeceira, Morrinho, Recanto da Agua Fria, Novo Horizonte, ZéBrito, Aldeinha, Rio Preto, Bom Jardim, Paraío, Baixão, Traíra, Ponte, Mirasol Nova.

Map and text from Palmas.org.

 
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Hands Around the World retail gift and gifts of handmade art and artwork. These handcrafted crafts are ethnic imports that are imported from the Amazon Indians. These include angels and crosses and crucifixes and wood carving and handwork and sculpture and embroidery and needlework and pottery and ceramics and wood sculpture and weapons and blowguns and quivers and tinwork and tile and jewelry and nativities and rosaries and ethnic clothing and rattles and maracas and shakers and flutes and figures and ethnic furniture and benches. The anthropology and sociology of these cultures are South American from South America that include the Mexican and Oaxaca from Mexico and North America that are North American Indian, some from the Amazon (Amazonian) including the Yanomamo and Yekuana and Huichol and Piaroa and Piapoco and Penare and Guahibo or from China that are Chinese or from Appalachia that are Appalachian or from Indonesia which are Indonesian. The Shaman or Shamanic metalwork made of tinwork form light fixtures and candle holders and incense burners and planters and pots and rafters that are handicraft and sculpture and woodwork and pottery and toys and clothing. These mail order craft are for birthday and wedding and anniversary presents. The retail are decorative and exclusive unique hand-made or hand made giftware and collectibles novelties for Christmas.Hands Around the World The anthropology and sociology of the culture of South America and Mexico from North America are unlike those from Indonesia. The shaman gift is handmade artwork handcrafted ethnic imports imported from the Amazon Indian. Their sculpture or pottery or quivers or ceramics are decorative. The Oaxaca wood sculpture or incense burners are like Piaroa wood carving handwork and nativities such as angels or crosses or rosaries. The Appalachian embroidery or needlework is like Indian pottery or ethnic clothing. Weapons or blowguns and musical instruments such as rattles or maracas are not Chinese but hand-made Amazon shakers from South American and include flutes. Shamanic figures from Piapoco are tinwork wearing tile jewelry. Our ethnic furniture include benches. Yanomamo metalwork from North American include tin work, Guahibo light fixtures, and China candle holders. The Indonesian crucifixes and Amazonian planters and pots are like Mexican crafts or rafters. Huichol handicraft or Yekuana sculpture woodwork include toys. Penare clothing are mail order gifts. Appalachia craft make birthday or wedding or anniversary retail exclusive unique hand made giftware or collectibles or novelties or Christmas art.

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