Hopi Hari

Hopi Hari is a medium sized amusement park located in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is located about 72 km north of the capital of the state, São Paulo, near the city of Campinas.

Theme Park

The park is relatively new (in 1999), and has only been open for a few years. It was built by the International Theme Park Services, Inc., or ITPS. Being 760 thousand m², its size is comparable to places such as the Six Flags parks, but with significantly less thrill-based rides.

The park itself is divided linto 5 themed regions, the largest and most notable being the Native central American part, "Mistieri", containing various large buildings replicating ancient pyramids and temples of the Mayans and Aztecs.

There is also a small European area (Kaminda Mundi), and a small "Old West" Themed area.

Rides and Attractions

The most notable ride in the park is "Montezum", a giant wooden roller coaster. It is located in the Mayan/Aztec/Egyptian district. Other notable rides include the La Tour Eiffel (European Section), a large Ferris wheel, a river rapid ride, a medium steel shuttle coaster, and a small indoor spining coaster located in a large pyramid replica. The park also has a lot of rotating attractions, for example: Crazy Wagon, Parangolé (Mexican Carousel) and Ekatomb (Huss Top Spin).

Some attractions at the park include a large haunted house located in a replica of an Egyptian Temple, several plays and musicals including events such as Pinocchio and The Wizard of Oz, and several other small attractions.

The park is now the home to "Katapul", a ride that used to be a big attraction at Alton Towers in England, then called "The Thunder Looper".

Shopping and Food

There are a number of shops throughout the park, the majority being at the end of each ride.

For food, one can travel to the numerous sandwich shops located throughout the park. As with any theme park, these are generally heavily over priced.

For a more interesting eating experience, there are several small restaurants in the park, generally with a different food theme, such as the English Pub.

Hopi Harian - Hopês

Though generally following the layout for most large theme parks, Hopi Hari has a unique aspect to it, its own language. It is an imaginary language that where an easy English translation would be "Hopi Harian", the actual language being "Hopês". Signs throughout the entire park are printed in both Hopi Harian and Portuguese. The language seems to be a variant of Portuguese, keeping the same grammaticle aspects, but changing some of the vocabulary and spelling. To a foreigner that is not fluent in Portuguese, one may easily mistake the language for a real one.

There are several places in the park where one can buy a Portuguese-Hopi Harian dictionary (dicionário Hopês-Português da Editora Michaelis).

Some examples of expressions include:

  • Tchau - Tchauí (Goodbye)
  • Obrigado - Danki (Thank you)
  • Oi - Oiê (Hey, hello)
  • Que horas são? - kuanto ki tikitaki? (What time is it?)
  • Volte Sempre - Vendinovu (Come and visit again)
  • Fotografia - click click (Picture)
  • Estou com fome - mi ké hangá! (I'm hungry)
  • Bem-vindo - Bom bini (Welcome)
  • eu fui - tivi la (I went)

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