Brazil Indians sell chanting cellphone ringtones

Xavante Indians living on the southern edge of Brazil's Amazon rainforest plan to start selling ringtones of traditional chants like the hunt song and the healing dance to cell phone users in China and Europe. [via stuff.co.nz]

"The project has generated tens of thousands of dollars for the Xavante and several other impoverished rural communities".

emily | 12:45 PM | Ringtones to raise money |
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