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[[File:Chibados.gif|thumb|Proposed chibados flag.]]
Chibados were involved as "spiritual arbiters in political and military decisions" and also performed burials.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MI_5AKSzYwUC&q=chibados&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q=chibados&f=false Google Books: Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770 - James H. Sweet]</ref> Olfert Dapper described the chibados as shamans "who walk dressed like women." Portuguese priests and Jesuits described how chibados lived as women and were able to marry other men with no social sanctions. Instead, "such marriages were honored and even prized."<ref name=":0">[https://books.google.com/books?id=iZ5RAAAAQBAJ&q=chibados&pg=PA230#v=snippet&q=chibados&f=false Google Books: Tritiya-Prakriti: People of the Third Sex: Understanding Homosexuality, Transgender Identities, and Intersex Conditions Through Hinduism - Amara Das Wilhelm]</ref> Chibados made up a separate caste and elders referred to themselves as "Grandmother."
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