Céu do Mapiá explained

Céu do Mapiá
Settlement Type:Village
Official Name:Vila de Céu do Mapiá
Nickname:Mapiá
Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map:Brazil
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Brazil
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name: Brazil
Subdivision Name1:North
Subdivision Name2: Amazonas
Subdivision Name3:Pauini
Leader Title:Founder
Leader Name:Sebastião Mota de Melo
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1983
Area Total Km2:2500
Population As Of:2009
Population Total:700
Timezone:BRST-2
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:DST not used
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:-8.2947°N -67.6156°W
Elevation M:100
Elevation Ft:328
Area Code:+55 97
Postal Code Type:Postal Code
Postal Code:69860-000
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Am

Céu do Mapiá (Portuguese for "Heaven of the Mapiá [river]") is a Brazilian village founded in 1983 by Sebastião Mota de Melo. It is located in the headwaters of Igarapé (river) Mapiá, 19miles from the Purus River, in Amazonian South mesoregion, between the Purus and Boca do Acre microregions, in the municipality of Pauini, state of Amazonas.

The village is located within the Inauini-Pauini National Reserve - one of the best-preserved areas of the western Brazilian Amazon. In 1990, with the community's support, the Brazilian government created by the Decree No. 96 190, of June 21, 1988[1] the Purus National Forest, with an area of 256,000 ha and the village of Céu do Mapiá as a kind of unofficial capital.

The village is the headquarters of ICEFLU (formerly called CEFLURIS), a branch (also founded by Sebastião Mota de Melo) of the Santo Daime religion.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brasil . Decreto No. 96 190, de 21 de Junho de 1988 . July 11, 2010 . portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718103135/http://www6.senado.gov.br/legislacao/ListaPublicacoes.action?id=132129 . July 18, 2011 . dead .
  2. De quem é a ayahuasca? Notas sobre a patrimonialização de uma "bebida sagrada" amazônica . Religião & Sociedade . Loures De Assis . Glauber . December 6, 2017 . 3 . 37 . 46-70 . SciELO . Alves Rodrigues . Jacqueline . 10.1590/0100-85872017v37n3cap02 . Rio de Janeiro . Portuguese . To whom does the ayahuasca belong? Notes on the patrimonialization of a "sacred beverage" from Amazon . July 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712040723/https://www.scielo.br/j/rs/a/xPmKmyhQzDKn3KSXPrwG9yq/ . July 12, 2022 . live . free .
  3. Web site: ICEFLU - Histórico . Portuguese . ICEFLU - História . June 16, 2015 .