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Ivan
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I remind with longing the our
beloved Tia Alice's old histories (Dinga for the more intimate), a nice
lady with more eighty years, recently died, that liked to remind your past
paratinense (who was born in Parintins Island) and of counting hilarious
histories, happened in the paradisiacal island of Amazonas, famous for the
annual presentation of the “Party of the (ox) Boi Bumbá”, in the eternal
dispute of the consecrated dispute "Garantido" (red) and
"Caprichoso" (blue) for a space in the heart of your fanatic fans and
for your consecration in famous "Bumbódromo" (stadium for 35 thousand
persons), internationally known, as
stage of one of the largest Brazilian folkloric parties, after the Carnival.
But we won't talk about the oxes dispute of Paríntins and yes on a
stranger habit of the inhabitants of this gentle retreat in Amazonas. As Tia
Dinga told, it persists at this island an old and unalterable secular tradition–“Paríntins
is the earth of the nicknames”. Poor fellow of that, less informed, that when
arriving to the island , he ends up acquiring, in a flash, a nickname, the
times, not very flattering. People
count that a recently near man from Ceará, knowing about that history of
nicknames, he locked himself home and, once in a while, he opened an opening of
the window, it just threaded the head and quickly it picked up her. It was alone
for seeing the movement of the street. That went enough to win a nickname,
because whenever somebody sought him, they answered: - “Ah! you are seeking
the “Land turtle”; he lives in that house of the corner there!”
And the histories of the nicknames don't stop there.
Other case belonged to a such Maria, that lived at a house, where well
face to face there was a coconut tree foot. She was a lot
angry, when they called her
of “Maria of the Coconut tree!” . She, not conformed with her nickname,
ordered to cut the tree. However the men left a piece of the log. Result: she
became known as "Maria of the
Stub.”
- Ah! That won't be like this, no”, Maria of the Stub thought and she
ordered to pull the rest of the log. When they removed it, immense hole remained
and now she turned “Maria of the Hole”, other nickname will owe constraining.
Furious with the cruel language of the people, she ordered to cover the
hole, but of anything it advanced, therefore it inherited until your death, the
indisposition nickname of... “Maria of the Closed Hole.”
Because it is, Paríntins doesn't liberate anybody of nicknames, the
tourists must to be cautious or, otherwise! ...
(Story
published in the Magazine "PODER GRISALHO" edited by CEVATI - Center
of Valorization of Third Age, of Săo
Paulo, nr. 25, Year II, October of 2001, Page 35).
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