Parintins – Boi Bumbá and Culture

Parintins is shaped in particular by Boi Bumbá: this communal festival brings together music, dance, theatre and inherited traditional knowledge. It is also home to religious celebrations on the Amazon, art and regional dishes. This diversity offers different possible focuses for your trip – from attending a festival to exploring faith and local cuisine.

Boi Bumbá at the Bumbódromo

The Bumbódromo in Parintins is the venue for the Festival Folclórico de Parintins. If you are interested in Boi Bumbá culture, it offers a specific point of connection: the festival is community-oriented and encompasses music, dance and theatre, as well as inherited traditional knowledge. This gives you a cultural focus to include in your plans for a trip with children, without reducing the experience to a single performance.

The Bumbódromo is also home to the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios Claudio Santoro. Workshops in dance, theatre, visual arts, audiovisual arts and popular music are offered there. The Bumbódromo also hosts visual art exhibitions and film screenings. The range of subjects offers you a chance to explore different forms of artistic expression. The Complexo Cultural do Boi Bumbá do Médio Amazonas e Parintins has been recognised as Brazilian cultural heritage since 2018.

Celebrations and Places of Faith

A special annual event is the Romaria das Águas. It takes place in July during the celebrations for Nossa Senhora do Carmo. Thousands of worshippers accompany the image of Nossa Senhora do Carmo in boats along the Amazon; the procession draws visitors from various regions of Brazil. The Romaria is also recognised as intangible cultural heritage of the municipality of Parintins. If you are interested in religious traditions, this event makes July a distinct theme for your trip.

The Catedral de Nossa Senhora do Carmo also brings together history, faith and culture. It was inaugurated in 1981 and offers another point of reference if you would like to explore religious and cultural life in Parintins.

Art, City Visits and Regional Cuisine

The City Tour com triciclo takes visitors to the city's attractions. Covered bicycles are used as a distinctive means of transport. This kind of city tour offers a different focus from exploring the festival: it draws attention to Parintins' sights and the means of transport used there. During the festival, the Feira de Artesanato Indígena is also held in Praça Eduardo Ribeiro. Works by artists from Parintins are offered for sale there.

For regional food, the Mercado Municipal de Parintins is a specific place to visit. Dishes offered there include pão com tucumã e queijo coalho, fritinho de crueira and tapioquinha. If you would also like to discover the region through its food, these names give you a selection of local specialities to look out for.

Another kind of visit is offered by the municipal swimming area of Cantagalo in the rural community of Aninga. It is a visitor attraction where you can cool off. Parintins therefore offers a range of interests side by side: cultural events, city sightseeing, regional cuisine and a place to cool off. When choosing a holiday rental, you can consider which of these experiences you want to make the focus of your stay.

More destinations to research: Manaquiri, Alvarães, Tefé, Manaus, Pauini, Colônia Paricatuba, Paricatuba and Paumari.

For the broader travel overview: Amazonas.