RIO DE JANEIRO — Pope Francis has delighted a crowd in Rio de Janeiro by donning a colorful Indian headdress handed to him by a member of a Brazilian tribe.
It came after the pontiff spoke Saturday at Rio's Municipal Theater to an audience mostly made up of Brazil's political, business and cultural elite.
After the talk, he was greeted by well-wishers on stage, including a few Indians.
A bare-chested man named Ubirai Matos from the Pataxo tribe met the pope while wearing a reed skirt, ornate red-bead necklace and large nose and ear piercings.
Matos took off his feather headdress and handed it to the pontiff.
Francis promptly placed it on his own head and flashed the crowd a smile.
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