men in the Suri tribe batter each other with sticks in a "masculinity contest" to win the hand of a bride. Spanish photographer Xavier Gil Tabios, 62, witnessed the outlawed "Donga" contests while staying with the Suri people for seven days.
He said: "They fight to demonstrate masculinity, for personal revenge, and to win a wife."The participants fight two by two until one winner emerges from the tournament."Last year we reported that a remote tribe in the Amazon rainforest came up with a bizarre coronavirus cure that included honey and tree bark.
The Satere-Mawe indigenous community, who live in the Brazilian rainforest, said they have used natural treatments such as tree bark, honey and native plants to treat Covid-19 symptoms..
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