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Updated December 15, 2021
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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, Atlas Obscura
Houses of the “Floating City,” located in front of the city of Manaus, on the Rio Negro, in the 1960s.

The Life and Death of the ‘Floating City’ of Manaus

To some, this Brazilian neighborhood was a tropical Venice. To others, it was a slum on the water.
by Ignacio Amigo, Atlas Obscura
Deusdete Fonseca, a member of the Quilombo do Barranco de São Benedito, in 2014.

An Urban Amazon Community Sheds Light on Brazil's Forgotten Black History

Its residents, descendants of enslaved people, have been fighting to overcome invisibility.
by Ignacio Amigo, Atlas Obscura
Aerial image of Vietnam, displaying the picturesque rice terraces, characterized by their layered, verdant fields.
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