 The leaders of the expedition gathered members of other tribes who had once been isolated but who now lived on in Parque do Xingu and set out on to make contact.Despite many months of leaving presents for the Panara at one of their banana and maze plantations the expedition was unable to make any real contact with them other than a few visual encounters as well as few presents which the Panara left them in return.After the expedition was over, The Panará lived in relative isolation until three years later in 1973 when the government project (Cuiabá-Santarém) road BR-163 through their territory finally brought them in contact with the outside world.