Development: Amazon wins new water terminal

The Amazon is a state of continental dimensions. The municipalities are linked in networks, through the rivers of the region. The main access to the various localities is still air, but the high cost of transit passes limited inter. To reverse this situation, the government of Amazonas signed, last Monday (25), an agreement with the Ministry of Transport, through the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT).

The partnership would allow the building until May 30, 2010, 15 water terminals in the Amazon. The total of $ 130 million will be used, of which $ 52 million already committed. The package is part of the shares of the Growth Acceleration Program. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Transport, Alfredo Nascimento, the governor of Amazonas, Eduardo Braga from other officials.

Opening the activities, the director general of DNIT, Luiz Antônio Pagot, delivered to the mayors terms of monitoring the works, they appear data on values, dates, commitments, charges etc.

"With the action, we are generating about 1,500 new jobs. These ports have a number of ancillary works to give an undertaking to each individual character. For example, bound to the terminal, will also be built refrigerators, generators and a whole infrastructure that legalize the receipt of cargo, "said Alfredo.

Eduardo Braga took the opportunity to announce that the Federal Government released the amount of $ 50 million (to be released in coming weeks) to help the victims who suffered from flooding in the state. The value will be divided as follows: $ 40 million for the interior and $ 10 million for capital. According to the governor today, more than 30 thousand families in the state receive the SOS flood.

"Besides the construction of the terminal, the Federal Government, through the Comara [Airports Commission in the Amazon region], announced the release of $ 22 million for retirement of 11 regular airports and approved by Infraero in the region," said Braga.

The following municipalities have initiated their terminal: Barreirinha, Boa Vista do Ramos, Itapiranga, Careiro of Varzea, Iranduba, Codajás, Canutama, Beruri, Tapauá, San Gabrial da Cachoeira, Guajará, Ipixuna, Itamarati, Carauari and Eirunepé.


New Terminal waterways of the City of Parintins, which already works since April 2006.

Folklore Festival of Parintins

The Folklore Festival of Parintins is a popular festival held annually on the last weekend of June in the city of Parintins, Amazonas.

The festival is a presentation where two competing associations, the "Boi Garantido" in red, and "Boi Caprichoso" in blue. The presentation occurs in Bumbódromo, a type of stage in the shape of a stylized ox head, with capacity for 35 thousand spectators. During the three nights of lodging, two oxen exploit the regional and thematic legends, rituals and customs of indigenous riparian through allegories and stage.

The Festival of Parintins has become one of the largest disseminators of culture Amazon.

Why Boi - an ox, that is? Why are there two of them? What do their names - Caprichoso and Garantido - mean?

Where does the whole synopsis come from? Who are Cunha-Poranga, Paje, Sinhazinha, Tuxauas? Why do Curupira's feet point backwards? Where do Gigante Juma, Cobra Grande, Formiga do Fogo come from? There are many different answers to each of these questions (it is up to you to decide which version you want to believe).

You can find them in the variety of books, magazines, ethnographical studies, doctoral theses dedicated to the Boi-Bumbá festival. Or you can just go to Parintins and get a first-hand impression. Watch the performance. Listen to the toadas, immerse yourself in the beat of the Marujada and the Batucada.

Talk to the local people, listen to their stories. After that you can come to your own conclusion. Experience the heat and the bustle of the city, taste the regional dishes and drinks. It is an unforgettable, unique experience.

After all, where else can you see a Coca-Cola ad in blue? A fact that deserves mention is that while a Boi parades and everybody does their choreography, the contrary should remain silent, not to overshadow the show. A real lesson in chivalry. The rivalry is ferrenha, but always respecting the warmth. Both the members of Caprichoso, or guaranteed, are limited to calling the rival of "contrary".



And to enhance the festival, the city of 45 thousand more than doubles in size, with more than 100 thousand people between Parintinenses and tourists. In Bumbódromo, Boi presents each for 3 hours in three days of festival. The order of presentations is always determined by lot. In this festival, folklore and religion are mixed among the forest animals, figures of popular imagination and Indians.

Source of some information and pictures about the festival.
http://tinyurl.com/mk43y2
http://www.boibumba.com/

On the choice of the festival poster, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/nu2d5b

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Hello, my name is Breno, I am 27 years old, married and have a beautiful daughter in their first months of life. I was born in Parintins, a small city in the Amazon and currently live in Manaus (capital of the State) where study and work. This blog will be used to disseminate the most diverse topics related to Amazon rainforest, I will talk mainly of the things I like more: Birds, fish, rivers, festivals, indigenous, conservation and sustainability. This is my first post in my first blog, so I apologize for the lack of practice and technique in using this tool. During the development project hope always evolve both in technical quality as the quality of texts, mainly including images, many images. Until next time.