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Meaning of tambeta by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

tambeta
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tambeta is incorrectly written, and should be written as "tembetá" being its meaning: It is a Guaraní voice ( tembe: lip and ita: stone ): stone of the lip. It is a metal, wood or bone rod, more or less thick, that members of some Amerindian tribes are placed under the lower lip as a sign of sexual maturity as a protective amulet of evil spirits and diseases, which made a hole on the top of the Chin and below the lower lip, hole that could widen considerably.

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