National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA) |
Located in the Brazilian rainforest city of Manaus, National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA) was hailed by the World Bank as one of “the two most important science centers in the Amazon,” along with the Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará in Belém. Visitors to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, who cannot take the time to get out into the rainforest should visit the INPA forest or “bosque,” which is located in town and open to the pubic. Here’s an interview with INPA Director Adalberto Val.
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Dead Rabbi Performs Miracles for Christians of Manaus |
The details of Rabbi Shalon Emmanuel Muyal’s mission and death in the Amazon remain obscure, but that’s nothing compared to the mystery surrounding his afterlife. Local Catholics have named him the “Santo Judeu Milagreiro de Manaus” (Saint Jewish Miracle Worker of Manaus). His tomb receives regular visits from Christians who attribute magic to his spirit.
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Amazon Explorer: Interview with Sydney Possuelo |
Sydney Possuelo was the first outsider to make contact with seven isolated Indian tribes in Brazil’s Amazon jungle. Now he leads expeditions that try to not make contact. That way he hopes to help indigenous peoples protect their unique cultures. After a career that spanned 33 years and governments of diverse ideologies, Possuelo was fired by the Lula administration in early 2006 after criticizing its policy for Brazil’s indigenous people. We talked to the legendary explorer about his jungle exploits.
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São Luís, Maranhão: Replanting the Urban Amazon Forest |
To get a bird’s eye view of the park, we have to compete with the vultures that alight amid plastic sacks in the makeshift neighborhood dump. Young men loiter across the way in front of a dilapidated shack that passes for the corner bar. The valley below shows signs of incursions by poor families like the ones who have mounted the favela that surrounds us on higher ground. Follow us on a visit to Bacanga State Park in São Luís, Maranhão.
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Amazon Film: Amazonas Film Festival |
Near the muddy waters of the Amazon River, with main events in the city's famous opera house, the Amazonas Film Festival offers a full week-long schedule which includes not only new feature films but short documentaries, videos and workshops.
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Oiapoque, Amapá: Bizarre City in the Extreme North of Brazil |
Muddy streets, crazy cabbies, cynical government billboards, aggressive peddlers, raw sewage – and culture shock just across the river in Saint George. Welcome to Oiapoque!
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| Ricardo Stuckert (PR/Agência Brasil) |
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