Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PARA
- CHAPTER II PARA
- CHAPTER III PARÁ
- CHAPTER IV THE TOCANTINS AND CAMETÁ
- CHAPTER V CARIPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ
- CHAPTER VI THE LOWER AMAZONS—PARÁ TO OBYDOS
- CHAPTER VII THE LOWER AMAZONS—OBYDOS TO MANAOS, OR THE BARRA OF THE RIO NEGRO
- CHAPTER VIII SANTAREM
- CHAPTER IX VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS
- CHAPTER X THE UPPER AMAZONS—VOYAGE TO EGA
- CHAPTER XI EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XII ANIMALS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XIII EXCURSIONS BEYOND EGA
- Index
CHAPTER III - PARÁ
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PARA
- CHAPTER II PARA
- CHAPTER III PARÁ
- CHAPTER IV THE TOCANTINS AND CAMETÁ
- CHAPTER V CARIPÍ AND THE BAY OF MARAJÓ
- CHAPTER VI THE LOWER AMAZONS—PARÁ TO OBYDOS
- CHAPTER VII THE LOWER AMAZONS—OBYDOS TO MANAOS, OR THE BARRA OF THE RIO NEGRO
- CHAPTER VIII SANTAREM
- CHAPTER IX VOYAGE UP THE TAPAJOS
- CHAPTER X THE UPPER AMAZONS—VOYAGE TO EGA
- CHAPTER XI EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XII ANIMALS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF EGA
- CHAPTER XIII EXCURSIONS BEYOND EGA
- Index
Summary
Before leaving the subject of Pará, where I resided, as already stated, in all eighteen months, it will be necessary to give a more detailed account of several matters connected with the customs of the people and the Natural History of the neighbourhood, which have hitherto been only briefly mentioned. I reserve an account of the trade and improved condition of Pará in 1859 for the end of this narrative.
During the first few weeks of our stay many of those religious festivals took place, which occupied so large a share of the time and thoughts of the people. These were splendid affairs, wherein artistically-arranged processions through the streets, accompanied by thousands of people, military -displays, the clatter of fireworks, and the clang of military music, were superadded to pompous religious services in the churches. To those who had witnessed similar ceremonies in the southern countries of Europe, there would be nothing remarkable perhaps in these doings, except their taking place amidst the splendours of tropical nature; but to me they were full of novelty, and were besides interesting as exhibiting much that was peculiar in the manners of the people. The festivals celebrate either the anniversaries of events concerning saints, or those of the more important transactions in the life of Christ To them have been added, since the Independence, many gala days connected with the events in the Brazilian national history: but these have all a semi-religious character.
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- The Naturalist on the River AmazonA Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel, pp. 42 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1873