Bizarre Brazil

Belem, sunrise over Amazon region

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This kind of feast is rare, and has no precise time to happen (this one happened in 1974). One day Takuman, the page (chief of the tribe*) after take care of a sick man who was almost crazy of pain and seeing monstrous women, decided that it was time to provide this special party called Yamurikuma, where only women take part. They sing, dance and fight like man. At the end of the party they all bath at the river. We could say, they become Amazonas** for one day!

* Kamayura tribe (National Park of Xingu, Brazil)
** the legendary Amazon women warriors

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Amazon Rain Forest

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This man, Martin Strel, have swim across the Amazon River all the way from Atalya in Peru to the Atlantic Ocean at Belem City in Brazil, 5268 KM (3,274 Miles) in 66 days! He has crossed the finish line, yesterday (8 April) at the Belem docks.
Congratulations Martin! You are a brave man!

Martin Strel site.

Pororoca is a phenomenon that occurs twice a year on the Amazon River Delta and it’s comparable to a Tsunami. For 20 to 40 minutes an enormous wave spawns for hundreds of miles across the delta ravaging everything in its way. So what? This guys surfed the wave and made this documentary. Watch the trailer bellow: