(21 Jun 2014) Thirty kilometres (18 miles) upriver from Manaus, perhaps the most exotic World Cup host city, lies the remote village of Sao Joao do Tupe, a small indigenous community tucked away on a bend of the mighty Amazon River.
Here, the Dessana people live a slow-paced life, fishing and making trinkets for sale to tourists who come from the big city to the east.
The arrival of the World Cup though has touched even these pastoral people, unused to the hustle and bustle of modern life.
"For us, the tribe of Dessana, it's a very big opportunity for us to take advantage of," explained Maini, a member of the tribe, while coaching her 10-year-old daughter Discalaluna on how to make earrings out of feathers and manioc string.
Another family member patiently paints a decorative pole in a corner, later to be sold in the little village's communal store near the dock landing of the village.
Locals watch the games on the village's only television, brought in by German-born Cristian Kornfelder, who visited the village in 2010 and stayed.
He married a local girl, Namini, and has a two-and-half year old daughter.
This small tribe is just one part of the Amazon's rich diversity, the nearest indigenous tribe to the city of Manaus, where the World Cup has drawn thousands of visitors from around the world.
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