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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Manaus

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Manaus, Brazil

Updated December 15, 2021

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Manaus, Brazil

Teatro Amazonas in Manaus

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.
An aerial view of the Meeting of Waters, looking west.

Manaus, Brazil

Encontro das Águas (Meeting of Waters)

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.
Maniwara ants are used in several Biatüwi dishes.

Manaus, Brazil

Biatüwi

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
Inside view of a representation of a communal structure from an Amazon village.

Manaus, Brazil

Museu do Homem do Norte (Northern Man Museum)

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.
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Museu do Seringal

This museum on the site of a former rubber plantation showcases the harsh conditions to which rubber tappers in the Amazon were subjected.
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Maniwara ants are used in several Biatüwi dishes.

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Biatüwi

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
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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
March 3, 2021
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
June 9, 2020
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
September 17, 2019

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