The city of Bel?m, in the Northern state of Par? in Brazil, has long been a hotbed of culture and musical innovation. Enveloped by the mystical wonder of the Amazonian forest and overlooking the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, Bel?m consists of a diverse culture as vibrant and broad as the Amazon itself. Amerindians, Europeans, Africans - and the myriad combinations between these people - would mingle, and ingeniously pioneer musical genres such as Carimb?, Samba-De-Cacete, Siri?, Bois-Bumb?s and bambi?. Although left in the margins of history, these exotic and mysteriously different sounds would thrive in a parallel universe of their own.