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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def setFaces(variant):
 """ Sets the default faces variant """

    global FACES
    if variant == CHALDEAN_FACES:
        FACES = tables.CHALDEAN_FACES
    else:
        FACES = tables.TRIPLICITY_FACES