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Copyright: Gaston Ramos (scooby)
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| Genre: People |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-01-05 |
| Categories: Daily Life |
| Camera: Nikon N65 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-12-09 5:49 |
| Viewed: 819 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
My friends, Clara and MAIO in this shot.
This photo was taken during summer of 2005 on Blumenau, SC Brazil.
The Quality is becouse i have to Scan this one.
Hope you like it.
Bluemenau
Blumenau is a city in Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil. It was founded on September 2, 1850 by Dr. Otto Hermann Blumenau along with 17 German immigrants. A few years later Fritz Müller migrated to Blumenau as well.
As of 2006, Blumenau had an estimated population of approximately 300,000 people, with an area of 510 km². The main ethnic groups of the city are Germans and Italians. The city itself retains many historical and cultural reminders of its past, such as houses and other buildings built in a German style, statues and memorials.
The city is located in a valley, surrounded by hills with forests and bisected by the Itajaí-Açu River. There are towers and tall buildings in the city center. The residential areas spread into the nearby hills and plains, and the lower areas, including the downtown, constantly suffer from the threat of floods. The worst floods took place in 1983 and 1984, when the city was completely isolated for weeks. Today, Blumenau is well-prepared against such threats, but many citizens prefer to live in higher areas to avoid major flooding-related losses.
Blumenau has a high standard of living, with an HDI of 0.856 as of 2004. The crime rate is very low and the illiteracy rate is under 2.85%.
The municipality's economy is based on tourism, commerce and industry, particularly textiles, as the city is a major textile center of Brazil. The headquarters of Hering and Karsten are located in the city. Recently, Blumenau has also become important in software development, with Senior Sistemas, WK Sistemas and Benner as its main software employers. Another recent economic development in Blumenau is beer production, with the micro-brewery Eisenbahn.
Oktoberfest 2005's poster.
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Oktoberfest 2005's poster.
Commerce is also important in the city's economy. The principal commercial streets are found in the central area, with XV de Novembro being the most important thoroughfare. Blumenau also has many shopping centers, with Neumarkt being the biggest, with its tower easily visible against the city's skyline.
The most significant period for tourism is during Oktoberfest, a traditional Bavarian beer festival, which sold 365,288 tickets at its pavillions in 2005at which 266,811 liters of beer were drunk. The record for public attendance was set in 1992, when over 1 million tickets were sold. Oktoberfest was created in 1984 after the second major flood, in an attempt to celebrate the resilience to its people, victims of many other floods during preceding century. |
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