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Abaçaí is a spirit that inhabits the forests and invites indigenous peoples to dance, sing and party.

Legend[]

In the mythology of the Tupi peoples, the Abaçaí inhabits the wilds of the forests and possesses the indigenous who separates themselves from their group, leaving them in a rapturous trance, out of their minds.

A spirit that the perspective of Europeans and evangelization tried to transform him into an "evil genius", disregarding the need for evasion so present in the culture of the whole world.

This spirit had the ability to take the form of any animal, person or object, making it one of the most dangerous evil spirits. Abaçaí took for itself the souls of virgin indigenous women.

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