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3 Women’s Sorority and River Wisdom
The Amazon biome has gained attention and greater relevance due to its high cultural
and biological richness, materialized in finite water resources, representing the largest
and most preserved region of tropical vegetation (BNDES 2010). Many citizens
survive on agriculture and complement their activities with tourism, with rivers being
used as indispensable resources, limited by natural cycles. This region is characterized by a very peculiar climatic variability, with natural watercourses presenting a
regular annual cycle of high-water levels, known as floods, and, very low-water levels
in the dry season, also known as weather drought or hydrological drought (Almudi
2019).
In the context of touristic activities, a number of citizens’ initiatives are driven by
water cycles, also including the beaches for leisure, and this environmental dimension
is in favour of experienced residents. In these Amazonian waters of great importance,
surrounded by forests of various shades of green colours, biodiversity is vigorous
and gigantic, interspersed with streams where curiosities and stories of fishermen
are expressed with such realism that are believed to be true (Pojo et al. 2014). These
initiatives of unity for the benefit and conservation of nature are triggered by women
of north-eastern origin, demonstrating, through the preparation of regional fish-based
dishes, handling and confection of fibre and seed crafts from the region, their skills
and close connections with the natural water cycle (Simonetti 2015).
4 Materials and Methods
The adopted methodology sought to describe and value the interpretation of natural
environments and the different social practices of the local Amazon community
in Mucajaí, RR, Brazil, being the object of study the geotourism and the role of
women in the conduction of tourist activities (Lohmann and Panosso Netto 2012),
an opportunity to contribute to local sustainability in this region.
5 Study Area
Mucajaí is in the middle of the Northern Amazon, in the state of Roraima, Brazil.
It is located at a distance of 51 km from Boa Vista (capital), having an altitude
of 70 m above the sea level. Its access is made by highway BR-174 towards the
south. The geographical dimension is about 12,351.341 km
2 , housing non-Indian
and indigenous populations in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in the portion of the
immense Roraima-Flona National Forest; Arboreal savanna or thick field of thin
physiognomy and Savannah graminosa. The climate of the region is, according to
Köppen’s classification (Geiger 1954), as rainy tropical, from “Ami” type (Barbosa
A. S. S. Veras et al.
3 Women’s Sorority and River Wisdom
The Amazon biome has gained attention and greater relevance due to its high cultural
and biological richness, materialized in finite water resources, representing the largest
and most preserved region of tropical vegetation (BNDES 2010). Many citizens
survive on agriculture and complement their activities with tourism, with rivers being
used as indispensable resources, limited by natural cycles. This region is characterized by a very peculiar climatic variability, with natural watercourses presenting a
regular annual cycle of high-water levels, known as floods, and, very low-water levels
in the dry season, also known as weather drought or hydrological drought (Almudi
2019).
In the context of touristic activities, a number of citizens’ initiatives are driven by
water cycles, also including the beaches for leisure, and this environmental dimension
is in favour of experienced residents. In these Amazonian waters of great importance,
surrounded by forests of various shades of green colours, biodiversity is vigorous
and gigantic, interspersed with streams where curiosities and stories of fishermen
are expressed with such realism that are believed to be true (Pojo et al. 2014). These
initiatives of unity for the benefit and conservation of nature are triggered by women
of north-eastern origin, demonstrating, through the preparation of regional fish-based
dishes, handling and confection of fibre and seed crafts from the region, their skills
and close connections with the natural water cycle (Simonetti 2015).
4 Materials and Methods
The adopted methodology sought to describe and value the interpretation of natural
environments and the different social practices of the local Amazon community
in Mucajaí, RR, Brazil, being the object of study the geotourism and the role of
women in the conduction of tourist activities (Lohmann and Panosso Netto 2012),
an opportunity to contribute to local sustainability in this region.
5 Study Area
Mucajaí is in the middle of the Northern Amazon, in the state of Roraima, Brazil.
It is located at a distance of 51 km from Boa Vista (capital), having an altitude
of 70 m above the sea level. Its access is made by highway BR-174 towards the
south. The geographical dimension is about 12,351.341 km
2 , housing non-Indian
and indigenous populations in the Yanomami Indigenous Land in the portion of the
immense Roraima-Flona National Forest; Arboreal savanna or thick field of thin
physiognomy and Savannah graminosa. The climate of the region is, according to
Köppen’s classification (Geiger 1954), as rainy tropical, from “Ami” type (Barbosa