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Por favor, passa o feijão.

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Please pass the beans.

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Vila Velha

Há 600 milhões de anos atrás, a região em que hoje se encontra Vila Velha ainda era coberta pelo oceano. Mas após 200 milhões de anos de erupções vulcânicas, formaram-se montanhas na região, mas que logo foram coberta por geleiras.

Milhões de anos tiveram que passar para que a geleiras se derretessem, mas junto com a água, areia e pedaços de pedras também foram levados. E foi assim que a natureza esculpiu o Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, e teve seu trabalho finalizado pelas chuvas e ventos da região. O parque se localiza na cidade de Ponta Grossa, no estado do Paraná.

Formaram-se 23 figuras gigantescas feitas de arenito, que se usada a imaginação é possível ver diferentes imagens de animais, objetos e figuras humanas, como o camelo, a taça, a esfinge, o índio e a noiva.

Existem quatro Furnas em Vila Velha, sendo a mais profunda com 107 metros. A Lagoa Dourada, também dentro do Parque, possui o fundo revestido de mica. E por isso, à tarde, com o reflexo do sol, suas águas ficam douradas. Um fato curioso é que existe uma ligação subterrânea de três quilômetros entre a lagoa e as quatro furnas.

Além da beleza arquitetônica da natureza, o parque abriga também muitos animais da região, como o lobo-guará, a jaguatirica, o quati, a irara, o tamanduá-bandeira e o tamanduá-mirim.

Antigamente, Vila Velha era povoada por índios, e seu nome era "Itacueretaba", que significa "cidade extinta de pedra". Existem muitas lendas a respeito de Vila Velha, e uma delas diz que as pessoas mais sensíveis à natureza e ao amor, quando passam por perto da escultura em formato de taça, ouvem as últimas palavras de um guerreiro a sua amante antes de serem petrificados por Tupã,"dormirei contigo".

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Vila Velha

Six hundred million years ago, the region that is now Vila Velha was still covered by the ocean. But after two hundred million years of volcanic eruptions, mountains were formed in the region but were soon covered by glaciers

Millions of years had to pass for the glaciers to melt, but along with the water, sand and pieces of stones were also taken. And that is how nature sculpted the Vila Velha State Park and had his work completed by the rains and winds in the region. The park is located in Ponta Grossa, Parana state.

Twenty-three huge figures made of sandstone were formed, and if you use your imagination, you can see different pictures of animals, objects, and human figures such as the camel, the cup, the sphinx, the Indian, and the bride.

There are four caverns in Vila Velha, the biggest depth being 107 meters. The Golden Lagoon, also within the park, has the bottom covered with mica. That is why in the afternoon with the sun reflection, its waters became a golden color. A curious fact is that there is an underground connection of three kilometers from the lagoon and the four caverns.

Besides the architectural beauty of nature, the park is also home to many animals of the region, like the maned wolf, ocelot, the coati, the tayra, the giant anteater, and the anteater.

In former days, Indians inhabited Vila Velha, and its name was Itacueretaba, which means "extinct city of stone." There are many legends about Vila Velha. One of them says that the people that are most sensitive to the nature and to love, when they move around the sculpture in the shape of the cup, they can hear the last words of a warrior to his lover before being petrified by Tupa, "I will sleep with you."

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