Members of the Pataxó indigenous tribe came out in force to welcome the Olympic Torch to Itamaraju.

Antonio Chagas Filho is a marathon runner, so he is used to long distances. But running the 200m with the Olympic Torch today in Itamaraju was the longest race he has ever run, he said.

The marching band from a local school gave the Olympic Torch a rousing musical welcome in Itamaraju. The Olympic flag was in pride of place.

Members of the indigenous Pataxó people welcome the Olympic flame with a traditional ritual. "We are praying for protection for the Olympic flame, which has come to unite peoples," chief Adilson Patiguri says.