Feira do Açaí

The fair supplies the city via river with fruit in natura from the açaí palm, coming from the  riverside communities that live in the insular area of Belém, with 329.9361 km2 composed of forty-two islands.

[1] The place offers tourists the sight of the movement (comings and goings) of the porters and vendors with their pots full of fruit.

[3][4] Located in the Historic Center of Belém, near the Feliz Lusitânia (Happy Lusitania) complex, the fair also contains bars.

Michel Pinho, president of the Cultural Foundation of Belém (Fumbel), stated that the city is going through a rescue of several cultures and the return of a local musical tradition in 2022, where the Açaí Fair resumes with carimbó, samba, and other such events as the popular initiative projects "carimbó no caroço" and "fé no batuque".

[11][12][13] The fair operates in the early hours of the morning, with the unloading of tons of açaí distributed in various paneiros (straw baskets) taken from the boats (nicknamed "pô-pô-pô"; in English: "poh-poh-poh") that anchor there, negotiated in the old supply/demand style.