- Ritual
- Ritual da Tucandeira／Waumat
- Region and community
- ブラジル・アマゾナス州／サテレ＝マウェ社会
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Trial or training
- Legal age of majority
- Brazil18 yearsBrazil · Calendar unspecified · The law provides for acquiring legal capacity before majority. · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In the Sateré-Mawé Waumat or Tucandeira rite, boys place their hands in woven gloves containing bullet ants. Repeating the ordeal demonstrates endurance before relatives and initiated men. Indigenous cultural reporting documents an actual ceremony in Amazonas in 2025.
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