How a Quilombo in Barra da Tijuca Shows Off Rio's History, Culture and Natural Beauty
Adilson Batista Almeida is the founder, president and director of the Camorim Cultural Association.
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Marriott Traveler
DATE:
December 15, 2016
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I had vowed never to make the exhausting journey again. I spent the summer of 2016 traveling two hours each way on public transportation from Rio de Janeiro’s Zona Sul to Barra’s Olympic Park, where I worked. Three months later I was on the route again, passing gated condominium towers, new malls and six-month-old Olympic venues. This time, however, my destination was Camorim, a 400-year-old quilombo community that sits next to a state park in the Atlantic Forest.
The long journey was worth it.