Team:UFAM Brazil/OurJourney

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About Us

Manaus, capital of Amazonas, biggest financial center in the North and of the cities with the greatest biological diversity in Brazil.

Figure 1 - Amazonas river, the largest river in the world.

It’s located in the middle of the biggest tropical forests in the world, the Amazon Forest, it’s where the meeting of the Waters can be found, a natural beauty that attracts thousands of tourists every year.

Figure 2 - Meeting of the Waters, where Rio Solimões and Rio Negro meet, but not mix.

Home of hard working people that enjoy partying.

Figure 3 - Afolkloric festival in a city nearby Manaus called Parintins. There is a competition every year, between "boi caprichoso" and "boi garantido", in a kind of music called "boi-bumbá".

Duality that goes parallel, responsible for the recent passion of our people by foreigners humbly achieved in the world cup 2014.

Figure 4 – The Amazon Arena

The city and its surroundings are potentially favorable for the scientific development, which makes many researches eager to come and explore the riches from the region.

We are here to show just a small part of our rich Science in Manaus, home of our team, and we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we did throughout the process.