The Tupi people, one of the main ethnic groups of Brazilian indigenous people, believe in a male supernatural being called “Curupira” that guards the forest in Tupi mythology. I crowned this BLOG with his name because I aspire the BLOG, which deals with insects as part of the nature, to play a role just like Curupira who protects the forest from the destructive habits of man.
30 Sep, 2009
On September 20, the memorial ceremony was held, well, in sort of grand style in Manaus. (The Tomé-Açu settlement had their anniversary on Sept. 16, while people in Belem celebrated the anniversary on Sept. 18. These events had been planned on staggered schedules so as to enable people living in the respective areas to take part in the events held at both locales. You need to take into account the time required for traveling between these places. You would take a bus to travel 400km between Belem and Tomé-Açu, and go by air to negotiate the distance of 1300km between Belem and Manaus. The vastness of the Amazon basin must be beyond the imagination of anybody who has never been here.)
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