unisex was the fashion of the day, which in general meant that everyone had long hair, and in rio it meant that everyone wore thongs, with the latter trend continuing into the present.

standing in the sand, rarely anyone would sit - those assembled would chat, eat, drink, watch the sun set or the waves break, with the most important thing being enjoying each other's company and exchanging ideas.

it's difficult to translate the effect of these meetings into statistics, but suffice it to say that the people that met here went on to change brazilian culture, and to some extent posto 9 owes its current reputation to them.