Tearful salutation or tearful greeting[a] refers to a practice common among various indigenous groups in the Americas. Documented prominently among the Tupinambás,[3] it involves a tearful ceremony when a foreigner or absent tribe member arrives in the village.
- ^ Harbsmeier 1988, pp. 57–58.
- ^ Métraux 1979.
- ^ Harbsmeier 1988, p. 58.
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