The Birth of a Koixomuneti

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A Koixomuneti is a spiritual leader in the Terena culture. During the Ohekoti spiritual ceremonies, he sings, spins his itaaká, and passes another powerful instrument, the Kipahé, over people’s bodies. According to Irineu Nje’a Terenas father, Cassiano Sebastião, the word Koixomuneti translates to “one who seeks wisdom.” Today, regardless of ethnicity – whether indigenous or not – we are all seeds, continuations of our ancestors. In Irineu Nje’a Terenas view, anyone who begins to seek wisdom is born a Koixomuneti.