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- pluralplural of benzedeira
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The sampling included the following: caciques, Truká village chiefs who organize, speak for, guide and represent the people or the village, above all others; pajés, medical and spiritual leaders; benzedeiras, women who pray to heal the diseases of the body and soul; shrine chiefs, preparers of the conditions for the practices of traditional medicine and religion; and jurumeiros, specialists in the preparation of the jurema.
2016 January 9, “Assessing the Effects of Indigenous Migration on Zootherapeutic Practices in the Semiarid Region of Brazil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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