Today is Mother’s Day in Brazil – a good time to treat Mom to lunch or dinner, possibly at one of the restaurants participating in the Brasil Sabor Food Festival, which ends today. Card and gift giving is a Mother’s Day tradition in Brazil as well.

Throughout the year, travelers in Brazil will want to find a souvenir for Mom. Consider cosmetics and fragrances made by companies that use products from the Amazon forest in a sustainable way and owe their success to women’s initiative and pioneerism: Natura, Chamma da Amazônia and Juruá Natural da Amazônia. The two last have their origin in the Amazon and their headquarters in Belém, Pará. Keep an eye out for them at their own stands and at Duty Free Shops in Brazil international airports.