this beautiful religious and folkloristic festivity is normally called just 'festa de săo pedro dos pescadores', and it is also celebrated in july on other beaches throughout rio de janeiro and niterói including pedra de guaratiba beach, praia de itaipú, lagoa rodrigo de freitas, and with a procession of boats across guanabara bay.

this date is also an occasion to raise awareness of the ways in which humankind benefits from the gifts of nature, and used to teach communities and children.

june is also the month for the cinesul, the festival ibero-american de cinema e video where over 200 productions by brazilian, argentinean, spanish and other latin-american filmmakers are shown. 

cinesul gathers long and short films and documentaries about the realities of the continents as united by a common history.