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