Peladão
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Peladão is one of the world's largest amateur soccer tournaments with over 600 participating teams. It has been held in Manaus
, Brazil
every year since 1973. Peladão differs from other tournaments in that the event is equal part soccer tournament and beauty pageant. Each team is assigned a beauty queen to participate in the pageant. If the football team is eliminated in the competition it can be brought back if the beauty queen is successful in the beauty contest. The idea for the event comes from local newspaper A Crítica and local commentator Arnaldo Santos. The goal of the event is to teach virtues to the community through soccer.
Peladão is celebrated between August to December every year.
In 2006, a women's bracket was created, marking the first time women have participated as players in the tournament.
One special rule of the event is that for every red card earned by a team, the members of that team must donate soccer balls to poor children of the community.
A German documentary of the same name is scheduled for worldwide release in October, 2006. The titel is "Peladão - Soccer Teams and Beauty Queens".
It was made by Lunacy Film Ltd.
The Peladão Tournament was also featured in the "Celso" episode of Ginga, a documentary about the style of football in Brazil produced by Nike
's Joga Bonito. It was also briefly featured in Discovery Atlas
: Brazil.
Manaus
Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
every year since 1973. Peladão differs from other tournaments in that the event is equal part soccer tournament and beauty pageant. Each team is assigned a beauty queen to participate in the pageant. If the football team is eliminated in the competition it can be brought back if the beauty queen is successful in the beauty contest. The idea for the event comes from local newspaper A Crítica and local commentator Arnaldo Santos. The goal of the event is to teach virtues to the community through soccer.
Peladão is celebrated between August to December every year.
In 2006, a women's bracket was created, marking the first time women have participated as players in the tournament.
One special rule of the event is that for every red card earned by a team, the members of that team must donate soccer balls to poor children of the community.
A German documentary of the same name is scheduled for worldwide release in October, 2006. The titel is "Peladão - Soccer Teams and Beauty Queens".
It was made by Lunacy Film Ltd.
The Peladão Tournament was also featured in the "Celso" episode of Ginga, a documentary about the style of football in Brazil produced by Nike
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
's Joga Bonito. It was also briefly featured in Discovery Atlas
Discovery Atlas
Discovery Atlas is a documentary television series on the Discovery Channel and Discovery HD Theater which focuses on the cultural, sociological, and natural aspects of various countries by exploring their different peoples, traditions, and lands. The documentary follows the lives and individual...
: Brazil.