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Xavante folktale

A child listening to forest leaves, Xavante Indigenous folktale from Brazil.

The Child Who Learned to Hear Leaves

Long ago, in the open woodlands of what is now central Brazil, the Xavante people lived close to the rhythms of the land. Their villages were built where grasslands met forest, where trees whispered with the wind and animals moved with purpose. Knowledge was not rushed. It was gathered slowly, like water filling a clay bowl. Elders taught children through

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