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entrance door amazon jungle is in Maranhão: it is the Forest of Guarás,
one of the largest forests of growth of mangroves of Brazil. The
vegetation, the channels and the sea are mixed in the reentrances, whose
color if it transforms in a touching festival when receiving the
brushstrokes of the red wings of the guarás the one of the candles of
fishing
embarkations. Hundreds of
navigable natural channels cut the Forest of Guarás. The Forest of Guarás
gathers dozens of replete islands of natural beauties, secrets, mysteries
and secular legends. One of the more beautiful women are the Island of the
Sheets, an only scenery for the eyes. For who appreciates the total
contact with the nature, the Forest offers an ideal ecosystem. The area
doesn't still have hotels and lodgings.
The visitors seek the houses of the fishermen, they stay in ships or they
practice the wild camping site.
The traditional embarkations
of the fishermen of the area make a blinding parade of colors and forms.
It is at the Forest of Guarás that the only boat race of traditional ships
of Brazil, an unique attraction happens for who witnesses this show. There
they can be found the towns with the largest tradition of handmade fishing
of Maranhão. The secular knowledge of naval carpentry are testified in the
shipyards, whose tradition has been maintained through the masters
artisans' generations and fishermen.
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