Day 69 - Parintins, Brazil

 Thursday, our stop was at Parintins  in the  Amazonas state of Brazil,  We went ashore mid morning on tenders supplied by the port. Holland America arranged for at show after lunch  for passengers only of a Brazilian folk festival called Boi Bumba (or Bumba Meu Boi). This is the  performance of the story of a resurrected ox through music, dance and  theatrical performances., The actual festival occurs   over 3 days in June each year and they have a stadium here specifically for this festival. Each year there are 2 competing teams (Red and Blue) competing . Our performance was by last year's winning Red team and was held at the convention center here.

If you would like more information on this festival look at this Wikipedia article:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parintins_Folklore_Festival

First light.

But dark clouds nearby

A bit of color

A glimpse of the sun

This was the other way

A new passenger showed up over night

This is the type of tender we will use today

Lots of vegitation and wood in the river here

Mid morning we walked around for awhile, - First up to a church. We saw

these on the way

Our ship anchored out in the river

The have many pedicabs here bothe motorized and manual

More sculptures

Sidewalks were a challenge here

Venders in the port terminal.

 Kathey went back to the ship until after lunch when she came back for the Boi Bumba show.

I walked around and found a place for a beer. This is a school I passed

And I have some lunch

Symbols of the 2 sideds in the festival. Coke makes a special Blur can just for this festival each year

Headed to the convention center for the show

The chief of the local native tribe welcomes us

The Chief starting the show

The musicians

The ox has been revived

On the way back to the ship after the show

Saw and heard another Kiskadee

Lots of vegetation floating down the Amazon

A bit of cloor for sunset

But this was all that showed