Thread: The History of Palmas

Do you know any good books or movies about the history of Palmas? I'm interested in learning about it.

You may want to check out this book: The History of Brazil (Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) [Paperback]
I believe it is available at Amazon.com. I hope it provides you some historical facts about Palma.

the history of the state seems to have started in 1625 when Jesuit missionaries settled at the Tocantins River. Actually, archaeologists have found proof that Indian tribes lived on the Tocantins River for at least some thousands of years.
The future promises to be much more impressive than the past, just looking at the projects being carried out, will tell you that.
The population growth rate of Palmas is the highest of the country.

As a source of state income the government is seeking more agricultural and industrial investors. Foreign investments are encouraged, because this generates the principal key in the velocity of economic growth.

Here are some typical dishes of Tocantins (natives of Palmas):

• Picadinho or Pinicado (carne do sol cut to pieces, with cassava or pumpkin)
• Mocotó (caldo de chambari)
• Chambari (osso buco)
• Arroz com pequi
• Galinha caipira
• Pirão de bacaba
• Peixe com leite de babaçu
• Galinhada
• Buchada (stomach)
• Sarapatéu (stomach cut to very small pieces)
• Pamonha
• Panelada (cow entrails)
• Paçoca (carne do sol -pound in mortar-, farinha, onions)
• Farinha de carne seca
• Vegetables: Chuchu, Abóbora, Chicória, Maxixe
• Beans: Feijao Trepa-Pau (small brown beans, delicious !), Fava
• Fish from rivers: Pirarucu, Tambaqui, Surubim, Tucunaré, Pacu, Curimatá. Served grilled, 'na palha' (in banana leaves) or ´na telha´ (on a tile).
• Sweets: Doce de Caju / Mangaba / Buriti

Palmas was designed to be the economic and administrative center of Tocantins, and because of this, the service sector is the main sector of the economy Palmense. The share of agriculture in the economy Palmense is less than the service sector, being based on small farms around the city and the highways that provide access to Palmas, and large farms planting soybeans and livestock in the district of Buritirana.