competitors must be from brazil and winners receive cash prizes, which helps boost musical production in the region - while the official festival does not always take place, the day is commemorated with in-prompt small musical performances by travelling and occasional singers.
as the summer picks up, in october, the festival do mexillhăo is a celebration for seafood lovers, which is an event that celebrates the culinary delight of mussels as well as other sea foods such as oysters or the coquille st. jacques - ilha grande is the largest producer of the mollusk in brazil.
along with being a major tourist attraction, the festival helps promote the project implementation of marine farms on the island, which creates and sustains jobs in the fishing industry of the area.
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