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Tembetá, the Glossary

A tembetá (Guaraní language: tembé: lip, Ita: stone.) or barbote (Argentina) is a metal or stone rod placed in lower lip piercings by members of some indigenous peoples in South America.^[1]

Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Ava Guaraní people

The Ava Guaraní are an Indigenous peoples formerly known as Chiriguanos or Chiriguano Indians who speak the Ava Guarani and Eastern Bolivian Guaraní languages.

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Body modification

Body modification (or body alteration) is the deliberate altering of the human anatomy or human physical appearance.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau (Planalto Brasileiro) is an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all some 4,500,000 km2 (1,930,511 sq mi) or approximately half of the country's land area.

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Chicha

Chicha is a fermented (alcoholic) or non-fermented beverage of Latin America, emerging from the Andes and Amazonia regions.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Diaguita

The Diaguita people are a group of South American indigenous people native to the Chilean Norte Chico and the Argentine Northwest.

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El Molle culture

El Molle culture was a South American archaeological culture from in the Transverse Valleys of Norte Chico known chiefly for its ceramics.

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El Quisco

El Quisco is a Chilean city and commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region.

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Guaraní people

The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.

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Guarani language

Guarani, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani (avañeʼẽ "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch of the Tupian language family.

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Hallucinogen

Hallucinogens are a large and diverse class of psychoactive drugs that can produce altered states of consciousness characterized by major alterations in thought, mood, and perception as well as other changes.

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Indigenous peoples of South America

The Indigenous peoples of South America or South American Indigenous peoples, are the pre-Columbian peoples of South America and their descendants.

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Initiation

Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.

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Lip piercing

A lip piercing is a type of body piercing that penetrates the lips or the area surrounding the lips, which can be pierced in a variety of ways.

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List of fermented foods

This is a list of fermented foods, which are foods produced or preserved by the action of microorganisms.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Paraguayan Indigenous art

Paraguayan Indigenous art is the visual art created by the indigenous peoples of Paraguay.

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Quartz

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).

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Sexual maturity

Sexual maturity is the capability of an organism to reproduce.

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Shamanism

Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.

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Talc

Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula.

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Tupi people

The Tupi people, a subdivision of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic families, were one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Brazil before its colonization.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tembetá

Also known as Tempeta.