The 2016 Olympics Torch Relay in Brazil, Month of May

The 2016 Olympics Torch arrived in the Brazil’s capital city; Brasilia on the 3rd of May. It had been touring Europe since May 21st when it was lit at the Olympia (Read more on the 2016 Olympics Torch Relay in Europe’s Greece and Switzerland).

Since it arrival in this beautiful country the Olympics flame has lit the faces on many people. It was graced the honor of Kamukaiká Lappa, who is from Brazil’s indigenous Xingu people and they honored the Olympics flame with a traditional dance. In its few days in Brazil the torch traveled south of Brasilia to Goiás State, where it will be until the 7th of May when it will travel through Goiandira to Brazil’s Minas Gerais State on south east side of Brazil where it will be for 11 days to the 16th of May.

Many people of all walks in Brazil have carried the Olympics torch including the 31 years old Fabiana Claudino who is an Olympic volleyball champion for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics , she had the honor to carry the torch in its first day in Brasilia. It’s not only the Olympics champions who have so far carried the torch.

Fabiana Claudino is among the people who have carried the Summer 2016 Torch in Brazil so fa

The picture is courtesy of Wikipedia

Amateur marathon runner and a Brazilian dentist; Lucio Monteiro had honor of carrying the Olympics flame and so is Frey Marcos, who is an artisan in Cidade de Goiás and had his own chance when this magical torch came to his local town. A Brazilian business person too had the opportunity to carry this 2016 Olympics flame. Fausto Carraro, besides being a consultant plays air guitar in Brazil and had his joy when he was honored to carry the torch.

Can you imagine what a precious cargo a wagon driver has carried? You are right; the 82 years old resident of Trindade, Antônio de Paula had the honor of carrying the 2016 Olympics Torch in his wagon, that trip will remain in his memory for ever and at Itaberaí it rode in an ox-drawn cart.

The torch has so far touched the Brazilians of all walks in only 4 days, and it will be in Brazil for over 100 days before the opening ceremony on the 5th of August.

Pastries and sweet maker Silvia Curado who is 83-year old carried the torch in her home town of Cidade de Goiás, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Blogger and Historian; 80 years old Maria Antonieta Ramos Jubé Carneiro was too honored to carry the torch. The torch also made a stop at the home of the Cora Coralina, a poet whose home is now a museum in Cidade de Goiás.

For a second time, the Olympic Torch was carried by a Syrian refugee; a 12-year-old Hanan Khaled Daqqah, before arriving in Brazil, another Syrian Refugee; Ibrahim Al-Hussein had carried it in Greece’s Eleonas Refugee camp, when the torch toured on the 26th of April.

In Brazil the 2016 Summer Olympics will tour 329 town and cities, making visits to Brazil’s 26 states capital. The torch has and will travel in both the urban and rural Brazil. Its bearers will be people of all ages as we have seen so far, with a 12 years old refugee carrying it as well as 80 plus years old people who have so far been honored.

It will be carried by celebrities of world fame like the twice Volleyball Olympics Champion; Fabiana Claudino as well as down to earth artisans like Frey Marcos and cart driver Antônio de Paula.

In the whole of Brazil the torch has been welcomed by songs and dances a it makes its way in different locations that truly brings out the diversity and tranquility of Brazil and its people.

We can talk forever about the 2016 Olympics Torch Tour in Brazil but it would be great if you got more details of where the 2016 Summer Olympics Torch will be visiting. Below is the list of all the places you can catch the Olympics flame magic in Brazil.

Below is a table showing where the 2016 Olympics Torch will be in Brazil in the month of May.

2016 OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY IN BRAZIL
3rd of May	Brasilia (Arrival)
4th of May	Goiás State
	1.       Corumbá de Goiás
	2.       Pirenópolis
	3.       Anápolis
5th of May	4.       Itaberaí
	5.       Cidade de Goiás
	6.       Inhumas
	7.       Goiânia
6th of May	8.       Trindade
	9.       Aparecida de Goiânia
	10.   Piracanjuba
	11.   Morrinhos
	12.   Caldas Novas
7th of May	13.   Pires do Rio
	14.   Ipameri
	15.   Goiandira
	Minas Gerais State
	16.   Araguari
	17.   Uberlândia
8th of May	18.       Uberaba
	19.       Araxá
	20.       Serra do Salitre
	21.       Patrocínio
	22.       Patos de Minas
9th of May	23.       Varjão de Minas
	24.       Pirapora
	25.       Montes Claros
10th of May	26.       Bocaiúva
	27.   Couto de Magalhães de Minas
	28.   Diamantina
	29.   Curvelo
11th of May	30.   Gouveia
	31.   Datas
	32.   Serro
	33.   Guanhães
	34.  Governador Valadares
12th of May	35.   Naque
	36.   Ipatinga
	37.   Coronel Fabriciano
	38.  Itabira
13th of May	39.   Ouro Preto
	40.   Itabirito
14th of May	41.   Betim
	42.   Contagem
	43.   Belo Horizonte
15th of May	44.   São João Del Rei
	45.   Tiradentes
	46.   Barbacena
	47.   Juiz de Fora
16th of May	48.   Bicas
	49.   Leopoldina
	Rio de Janeiro
	50. Itaperuna
	51. Bom Jesus do Itabapoana
	Espírito Santo
	52. Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
17th of May	53. Guarapari
	54. Vila Velha
	55. Vitória
18th of May	56. Serra
	57. Aracruz
	58. Colatina
	59. Linhares
	60. São Mateus
19th of May	Bahia
	61. Teixeira de Freitas
	62. Itamaraju
	63. Santa Cruz Cabrália
	64. Porto Seguro
20th of May	65. Eunápolis
	66. Itapetinga
	67. Vitória da Conquista
21st of May	68. Itambé
	69. Floresta Azul
	70. Ibicaraí
	71. Itabuna
	72. Ilhéus
22nd of May	73. Itacaré
	74. Camamu
	75. Ituberá
	76. Cairu
	77. Valença
23rd of May	78. Lençóis
24th of May	79. Salvador
25th of May	80. Feira de Santana
	81. Riachão do Jacuípe
	82. Capim Grosso
	83. Senhor do Bonfim
26th of May	84. Jaguarari
	85. Juazeiro
	86. Sobradinho
	Pernambuco State
	87. Petrolina
27th of May	88. Lagoa Grande
	89. Santa Maria da Boa Vista
	90. Orocó
	91. Cabrobó
	Bahia
	92. Paulo Afonso
28th of May	Sergipe
	93. Canindé de São Francisco
	94. Poço Redondo
	95. Nossa Senhora da Glória
	96. Nossa Senhora das Dores
	97. Aracaju
29th of May	98. Propriá
	Alagoas
	99. São Sebastião
	100. Arapiraca
	101. São Miguel dos Campos
	102. Maceió
30th of May	103. Murici
	104. União dos Palmares
	Pernambuco
	105. Garanhuns
	106. Lajedo
	107. Caruaru
31st of May	108. Gravatá
	109. Jaboatão dos Guararapes
	110. Recife