In the main square of Caucaia, schoolchildren dressed in the costumes of indigenous peoples gathered to greet the Olympic Torch.

The state of Ceara is one of Brazil's premier destinations for kite surfing. Estefânia dos Santos is one of the sport's best known practitioners. She carried the Olympic Torch on windy Cumbuco beach this morning.

Paralympic swimmer and table tennis player João Goes received a hero's welcome in his home town today. "I just want to thank everybody who encourage me to take up sport," he says.

Ricardo Nascimento is the head of the Tapeba people in the town of Caucaia. "Combining the meaning of the flame with indigenous traditions makes the Olympic flame twice as powerful," he says.