Feira do Açaí

The Feira do Açaí (Açaí Fair in English) is a public trading post, an open-air market for the commercialization of açaí, a small port area, and a set of bars, which is part of the Ver-o-Peso Complex, located on the shores of the Guajará Bay in the district of Cidade Velha, in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. The fair is surrounded by Castelo Forte (Castle-Fort; built in 1616), Praça do Relógio (Clock Square), and Doca das Embarcações (Vessels' Dock; fish fair est. 1803).

The fair supplies the city via river with fruit in natura from the açaí palm, coming from the  riverside communities that live in the insular area of Belém, with 329.9361 km2 composed of forty-two islands. The place offers tourists the sight of the movement (comings and goings) of the porters and vendors with their pots full of fruit.

Açaí has a deep impact on the region's population, with a consumption in liters twice as high as milk consumption.

Located in the Historic Center of Belém, near the Feliz Lusitânia (Happy Lusitania) complex, the fair also contains bars.

Michel Pinho, president of the Cultural Foundation of Belém (Fumbel), stated that the city is going through a rescue of several cultures and the return of a local musical tradition in 2022, where the Açaí Fair resumes with carimbó, samba, and other such events as the popular initiative projects "carimbó no caroço" and "fé no batuque".

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