When North of Brazil was passing through colonization, families from Northeast and Middle of Brazil moved to that remote place to start a new exploration of Amazonian Forest.
The Rubber Tree, a native tree from the Forest, offers a god milk to produce the basic rubber. At the time there was still slavers working in the farmers, but in North, the workers were basically families communities. Miscegenation of Black, Native Indian and White.
As the people were free, the families were getting closer and the communities were getting bigger, turning into cities. Marriage was fundamental to increase a family and follow the catholic church.
But if a girl got pregnant before married?
So now comes the 'Pink Boto Legend'
June was a very happy month for people in North. When the families and the rich farmers would celebrate together around a bonfire, eating traditional food, singing loud, dance...
But at night, a very handsome man, was not a normal man, but a fantastic creature just came from the sweet water of the river, to try seduce a young lady and take her into his voice and into his river.
That man would be the Pink Boto. A lovely pink dolphin that plays with human in the water. So at the night, it would appear as a man in a white suit with a big straw hat. To hide a little bit of its nose that wouldn't be all transformed.
All the handsome men in the community, had to show their heads, to prove that they were humans.
But if a lady was not aware. She could let her be taken by him, and find out a few weeks later, that she was pregnant.
''My God!! My daughter pregnant!!'' Her parents would say. ''How is she going to marry now?!''
No good guy, from a well known family, would be take her as a wife with such shame, or even her sisters.
But wait, we got a last hope in that case. This pregnancy was not because she slept with someone else, some bad guy tanking advantage on young girls.
But she fell in love with 'Boto' because 'Boto' is a fantastic creature able to do the impossible things. And nobody doubt of the innocent girl.
''Thank God! It's a Boto child'' Her parents would say afterwards.
Yeah, and Thank God that this legend was created, probably, for a very smart girl that knows how to lie.
