Participants wear favorite costumes, have the desired tattoo and compete in electronic games championship at Amapá Garden Shopping | Photo: Jesiel Braga/PMM
The second edition of Verão Underground is moving the capital of Amapá with 12 hours of pure fun and culture. The event is part of the biggest Macapá Summer of all time, held by the City of Macapá, and this Saturday (29), at Amapá Garden Shopping, the Summer Underground started with Summer Ink, CosDay and Summer Gamer, attracting hundreds of people to The activities.
The event will also have a Meeting of Drummers and Mare of the Festival during the day.
Participants can get flash tattoos, compete in E-sports championships, dress up as their favorite characters and enjoy concerts by local bands.
In “Verão Ink”, tattoo lovers had the opportunity to choose from 192 places to get a tattoo. The event featured 16 tattoo artists from Norte Rock, and participants chose their favorite tattoo models.
“I always wanted to get a tattoo, but I never had the courage. When I saw that there was going to be Summer Ink, I decided to take the chance and signed up. I chose a jaguar drawing on my arm and I loved the result,” said Karen Melo, 23, a student.
Karen shows off her jaguar tattoo on her arm done at Summer Ink | Photo: Jesiel Braga/PMM
For those passionate about electronic games, “Verão Gamer” offered E-sports competitions. Players were able to participate in the Free Fire, FIFA 23 and FOOTBALL 2023 championships in the Mobile and Console categories, providing excitement and fierce disputes. Verão Gamer was organized by the Amapaense E-sports Federation (FEAPEE), in partnership with Fumcult.
“CosDay 2023” celebrated cosplay culture and character fans from various media. Participants were able to enjoy competitions, parades, games and karaoke, all organized by the Amapanime group, with the support of Fumcult. offers cosplay contests in the categories: Cospobre, CosDuo, Traditional Cosplay and CosKid (children up to 12 years old). For many, this is the time to unleash creativity to honor that favorite character.
“I’m a fan of the anime Mo Dao Zu Shi and I came to cosplay my favorite character Lan Wangji. I made the whole outfit myself and I am very happy with the result. I’m going to participate in the traditional cosplay contest and I hope to win”, said Wirna Duarte, who was featured as the protagonist of the Chinese series.
Wirna (in white) cosplays as Lan Wangji, character from the anime Mo Dao Zu Shi, and participates in the traditional cosplay contest | Photo: Jesiel Braga/PMM
CosDay 2023 also featured a fair where visitors could buy products related to the geek universe, such as t-shirts, mugs, key chains, stickers and much more.
The enterprising couple Adriano Araújo and Chrissie Wellen brought their Wanny Moon store to display their products at the fair. “We are passionate about anime and games and we created our store to offer personalized products for this audience. We are very happy to participate in CosDay and see people’s receptiveness”, they said.
Adriano and Chrissie exhibit their products from the Wanny Moon store at the CosDay fair. The couple is passionate about anime and games and creates personalized products for this audience | Photo: Jesiel Braga/PMM
“The 2023 edition of Macapá Verão was designed for all audiences, from leisure to sports. This year, for the second time, we entered into partnerships to offer an underground event that attracts the alternative crowd from tattoos, to cosplay contests and games championships”, highlights the president-director of Fundação Municipal de Cultura (Fumcult), Olavo Almeida.
Other events
The Summer Underground will still have two other events during the day: Encontro de Drums and Égua do Festival. At the “Encontro de Bateras Amapá”, 30 drummers will show their skills in an exciting presentation, showing all the energy of music and percussion. The “Égua do Festival” will present a diversity of musical rhythms presented by local artists.
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2023-07-29 22:41:38
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