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Brazil's tribes compete in Indigenous Games
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
More than 1,000 athletes representing 40 tribes are competing in Brazil's Indigenous Peoples' Games VII this week.
The event features traditional games of various tribes. There's Xikunahity, a type of soccer where players can only use their heads. And tihimore, a form of bowling using corn as pins and quince as a ball.
The games started in 1996 with just 400 athletes and 29 tribes. It is held in a different city every year, growing bigger each time.
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