Céu do Mapiá
Village
Vila de Céu do Mapiá
Nickname: 
Mapiá
Céu do Mapiá is located in Brazil
Céu do Mapiá
Céu do Mapiá
Location in Brazil
Coordinates: 08°17′41″S 67°36′56″W / 8.29472°S 67.61556°W / -8.29472; -67.61556
Country Brazil
RegionNorth
State Amazonas
MunicipalityPauini
Founded1983
Government
 • FounderSebastião Mota de Melo
Area
 • Total2,500 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (328 ft)
Population
 (2009)
 • Total700
Time zoneUTC-5 (BRST-2)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (DST not used)
Postal Code
69860-000
Area code+55 97
ClimateAm

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, 19 miles (31 km) 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]

References

  1. ↑ Brasil. "Decreto No. 96 190, de 21 de Junho de 1988" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ Loures De Assis, Glauber; Alves Rodrigues, Jacqueline (December 6, 2017). "De quem é a ayahuasca? Notas sobre a patrimonialização de uma "bebida sagrada" amazônica" [To whom does the ayahuasca belong? Notes on the patrimonialization of a "sacred beverage" from Amazon]. Religião & Sociedade (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: SciELO. 37 (3): 46–70. doi:10.1590/0100-85872017v37n3cap02. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ "ICEFLU - Histórico" [ICEFLU - História] (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 16, 2015.


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