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is a Tupi-Guarani word? Also



                                                                                                                                         pronounced as Baitatá, Biatatá,




                                                                                                                                         Bitatá, Batatá and Batatão, it is used



                                                                                                                                         to give name around the whole



                                                                                                                                         Brazil to a natural phenomenon




                                                                                                                                         known like faery fire, that in Brazil



                                                                                                                                         is attributed to a whole mystic world



                                                                                                                                         full of  magic and legends, and to


            fearsome Boitatá!                                                                                                            even a legendary mystical entity in





                                                                                                                                         the Guarani lands, a gigantic serpent


            Boitatá, legend, myth and mysteries                                                                                          of  fire!



            in the Amazonian rivers






                                                                                                                                         The most common name for this

            Did you know that in fact "Boitatá"                                                                                          snake is boitatá, which is actually the
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