Abstract
Being great hunters, the caxinauá, peoples of speakers of a Pano/Panoan language, say that game meat (yuinaka), when mixed with vegetables such as maize (xeki), macaxeira (atsa) and banana (mani) becomes the finest and most flavorful dish of their sophisticated cuisine. Eating well is to them an art: it gathers people, strenghtens the thought (xinan), brings joy (benima). In the course of…