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People & Culture

Football is the world's most popular sport. All you require is a ball, and some space, which is not exactly a problem in Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Family crossing the Rio Tapajós late in the day. Alter do Chão, Pará - Brazil.	Faith is found in all places - independent of the level of education or wealth. Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Since 1938, the Mayor of Manaus symbolically hands over the City Keys to the "Kamélia", a giant puppet, and officially the carnival festivities are may commence in Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Small cargo vessel: fruit and handicraft are taken to "the big city" to be sold. Alter-do-Chão, Pará - Brazil.
"Family outing" , near Alter-do-Chão, Pará - Brazil.	Even with the day's end drawing near, some bathers remain in the calm waters of the Rio Tapajós. Alter-do-Chão, Pará - Brazil.	Manual work is taxing in the heat and sun of the Amazon. Careiro da Várzea, Amazonas - Brazil.	Urbana life for immigrants from the backlands is not easy: it is not the easy riverside life in the backlands, nor the "normal urban" life. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Goooooooaaaaalll!!!!!! Ponta-de-Pedras, Santarém, Pará - Brazil.
Children always find a way to have fun - even if their environment is different from most. (Part 1) Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Anywhere in the world, washed clothes need to be dried, and in some places, one has to be imaginative to dry them! Janaurilandia, near Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	In the Amazon, the only source of potable water are the rivers... Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Children always find a way to have fun - even if their environment is different from most. (Part 2) Novo Airão, Amazonas - Brazil.	Age brings experience: an important ingredient to overcome the adversities of the Amazon Region. Amazonas - Brazil.