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Parintins Festival and Amazon Cultural Experience
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Caprichoso
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Garantido
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From
June 26 - July 1, 2008, you are welcome to join us for a beautiful
experience, The Festival Folklore of Parintins. CAPRICHOSO and
GARANTIDO bumbás perform the authentic Amazon ritual for about
six hours every night.
The Festival Folklore of Parintins,
recognized worldwide, happens
each year in late June. Caprichoso and Garantido perform with their costumes,
music, dancing, gigantic floats, legends and fantasies. The winner presents his show on the last day.
The figures of Father
Francisco, Mother Catarina, the Tribal Chieftain, Cunhã Poranga (pretty
young girl), shamans and their innumerous tribes talk about legends and
indigenous rituals. Hundreds of costumed people dance in cycles
along with the sound of the chants and claps of their hands.
The City of
Parintins, population of just over 100,000 people, was founded in 1793
along the bank of the Amazon River on the Tupinambarana Island, about
420 km downstream from Manaus.
The area consists of
forests of flood plains and highlands, lakes and a small ridge of
mountains that set the border between the States of Amazonas and Pará.
Transportation
used by most of the local population on the Amazon to Parintins are the
regional boats with passengers sleeping in hammocks. The trip on the
Amazon River from Manaus, takes about 18 hours going downstream, and 28
hours upstream back to Manaus.
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Specializing
in educational tourism, Maia Expeditions and Global EduTrek offer this
Amazon adventure with “caboclos”, the Amazonian regional
people. You will have the opportunity to meet people of diverse
Brasilian cultures. During the trip, you can try traditional
Brasilian foods including fish and tropical fruits, and the local
drink, the caipirinha. |
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This trip is
for people that enjoying the cultural part of Brazil - customs, music,
food and interacting with the real people of the Amazon.
You
will learn the “Boi Bumbà” dance, traditional of
Parintins, and enjoy the Amazon River navigation downstream from
Manaus, Amazonas. We will visit small towns and villages along
the way where you will experience traditional Amazon living and have
the opportunity to purchase souvenirs.
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2008 DAILY ITINERARY
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Plan to arrive in Manaus, Amazonas,
Brasil, no later than Noon, 26 June, 2008 and depart no earlier than 4:00PM, 1 July, 2008. |
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25 June |
Airport transfer to hotel for overnight in Manaus
if you come in one day early, additional cost
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26 June |
4:00PM Departure
from Manaus International Port roadway; navigation of Rio Negro
downstream passing by Encontra das Aguas, the Meeting of Waters,
photo stop. At sunset, dinner, then enjoy the party on the
upper deck of the boat, with music so everyone can enjoy Boi
Bumbá, the traditional Parintins dancing. |
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27 June |
Breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00AM; enjoy the Amazon River, play
dominos, take lunch just before arrival in Parintins; Afternoon city
walking tour. Evening time to go to bumbodramo. Ticket is
NOT included in price. |
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28 June |
Breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00AM; all day for shopping and party in
town, many shows with diverse styles of music in the center of town
at the bars and restaurants. Evening bumbodramo. Ticket is
NOT included in price. |
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29 June |
Breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00AM;
optional canoe trip with piranha fishing, enjoy the City of
Parintins. Evening bumbodramo. Ticket is NOT included
in price.
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30 June |
Depart Parintins, 4:00AM,
breakfast 7:00 to 10:00AM; enjoy the return trip on the Amazon;
lunch at noon; dinner at 7:30PM |
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1 July |
Breakfast at 7:00 to 10:00AM;
Arrive in Manaus at about 9:00AM, Depart Manaus afternoon |
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COST: R950 (Brazilian Reais) for 26
June through 1 July, additional cost for early arrival or later
departure. See http://www.xe.com/ucc/ for approximate exchange rate. |
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THE TRIP INCLUDES: |
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All transfers to and from airport and/or hotel
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Breakfast on the boat each day,
7:00-10:00AM
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Lunch on the boat each day,
Noon-1:30AM
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Dinner on the boat each day, 7:30-9:00PM
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Transfer to Parintins
(26-27 June) and from Parintins (30 June-1 July)
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Breakfast and transfer
to airport or hotel (1 July)
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Sleeping accommodations will be in hammocks on the boat
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Bilingual (Portuguese / English) Brasilian Guide
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American Project Manager will greet you at airport and accompany you
entire trip
Additional Information:
The City
of Parintins has many restaurants and bars so there is no problem to find great
places to eat and drink. Parintins has all the facilities of a town,
including internet cafes, telephones, and hospitals.
Tickets for the Bumbodramo are an additional cost.
You can enjoy the shows
from the Plaza free in Parintins at a large screen projection. You can
also enter the stadium free, limited seating, mostly standing with no breathing room. On the Plaza
there is much music, dancing, diverse traditional foods. We
suggest you attend at least ONE night of the Festival if you think you
cannot afford all three nights. The third night is the final
competition between Caprichoso and Garantido, a great presentation to
attend. Contact us as soon as possible if you want tickets for the shows.
Extra Activities around Manaus
Stay
at a small private lodge deep in the Amazon before or after the
Parintins Boi Bumba Festival - R100/night, includes all transfers,
meals, piranha fishing, wildlife spotting, jungle hiking tours,
canoe exploring, overnight camping (sleeping in hammocks) in the jungle
Piranha fishing with canoe trip - R30
Transfer airport to hotels or to the boat R30
Hotel Plaza Manaus - R170(DBL-single)
City tour in Manaus visit opera house and market Indian museum and historic part
of Manaus - R100 per person
What to bring:
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Most importantly - good humor and spirit
of good life
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Tennis shoes
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T-shirts, shorts, swimsuit, light
clothing
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Sunglasses
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Sunscreen lotions
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Brazilian currency (reais)
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For more information on
the trip, contact: |
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Brasil
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United States
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Sr. Max Maia
Maia Expeditions
Rua Dr. Odilon 16A Raiz
CEP 69068-680
Manaus, AM Brasil
CNPJ: 06.117.580 / 0001- 88
Fone/Fax: (5592) 6134683
Cell: (55) 99837141
Email Max |
Dr. Vannetta Perry
Global EduTrek
PO Box 158
San Antonio, NM 87832 USA
Telephone: (505) 835-0189
Email Vannetta |
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