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		quotient on May 26, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US man finds lost mother in an isolated Amazon tri... I agree. That single sentence irritated me immensely. It was a ham-fisted and misguided attempt to emphasize the 'exoticness' of the Yanomami.

unreal37 on May 26, 2014 [–]

They don't hug either. A mother can't hug her son. The example does imply they are not an affectionate people.

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