to this day, during the summer it is customary to stand up and applaud the sunset all along ipanema beach, and kissing the loved one afterwards - to thank the sun for another day.

the very spot were this tradition was born is now easily identifiable thanks to an observation platform built by the city to best see the pedra de arpoador on the left, the cagarras islands in the front, and the morro dois irmãos on the right.