Virginity was valued, for which reason young women were taught not to have sexual relations before marriage.
The ceremony included the sacrifice of mares and the male Ostrich Dance.
Marriage was celebrated with the sacrifice of horses and dances, as in other ceremonies.
However, for these occasions, dogs were not fed with meat because it was considered a bad omen. Other common ritual practices included shedding blood to propiciate the spirits incarnated in nature. Another ceremony consisting in prayers to the new moon, and in dancing with their ancestral spirits in an emotional event that lasted long into the cold Patagonian night.
The introduction of alcohol drinking, introduced by the white man, contributed to intoxication and to the destruction of the native people .