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Teatro Amazonas in Manaus

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

Encontro das Águas (Meeting of Waters)

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

Museu do Homem do Norte (Northern Man Museum)

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.

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Matrinxã mujeca (a fish soup) with local chilis and chili sauce.

The Trailblazing Brazilian Restaurant Serving a Taste of the Amazon

Studying anthropology inspired a husband-wife team to ignore mockery and share their native foods.

by Rafael Tonon

Houses of the “Floating City,” located in front of the city of Manaus, on the Rio Negro, in the 1960s.

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To some, this Brazilian neighborhood was a tropical Venice. To others, it was a slum on the water.

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Deusdete Fonseca, a member of the Quilombo do Barranco de São Benedito, in 2014.

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Its residents, descendants of enslaved people, have been fighting to overcome invisibility.

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