Little Africa Walking Tour in Rio de Janeiro Small-Group trip

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The Little Africa Tour - African Heritage highlights places about Black people in Rio de Janeiro. The tour takes places in one of the African Diaspora Route in the worldwide, being part of Slavery Route Project by Unesco. It's a memory tour like the holocaust memorial tour but related to Africans and their descendants. This tour is needed for the black awareness against racism in the world and also for the black culture and History value. The narrative is decolonial and educational. The route highlights the most important harbour for Slavery System in the past: The Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site that was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2017. The Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site comprises the globally most significant remains of a landing point of enslaved Africans in the Americas. An estimated 900,000 Africans arrived in South America via Valongo. It's a memory tour about history, pain, struggles and despite all about the resistance of the African Brazilian people. They reinvented themselves into Diaspora world influencing the civilizing values, and also built the national identity so important and notable to Brazil. Small group trip.

Itinerary Details

Operated by: Etnias Turismo e Cultura

This is a typical itinerary for this product

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Tour with a decolonial narrative.

Duration: 20 minutes

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Internal visit is made. The Historic and Culture African Brazilian Museum - A cultural center for the black community.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Instituto de Pesquisa e Memoria Pretos Novos - IPN

Internal visit is made. The New Black Institute - The former cemetery for the enslaved black people.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Cais do Valongo

Internal visit is made. The Valongo wharf Archeological Site listed by Unesco.

Duration: 30 minutes

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Internal visit is made. The Hanging Valongo Garden - A witness of the Slavery market in Rio.

Duration: 25 minutes

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External visitation.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Pedra do Sal

External visit is made. Salt Stone - the birthplace of samba and Candomble religion in Rio.

Duration: 25 minutes
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