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Parintins: A remote Brazilian city overcoming isolation through a festival

By Mauro Cossu, PhD candidate and research assistant at the Faculty of Environmental Design, Université de Montréal
Gonzalo Lizarralde, Professeur titulaire - Faculté de l'aménagement, Université de Montréal
Lisa Bornstein, Professor at School of Urban Planning, McGill University

The “Festival do Boi-Bumbá” changed the fate of Parintins, Brazil. Its success shows the crucial role that cultural festivals play in isolated territories that often lack material infrastructure.

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