TAMBA - TAJÁ (Amazonian legends)

It tells of an indigenous man's love for his sick wife. He carried her on his back wherever he went. When she could take no more and died, he buried himself beside her in a deep hole. Such was his love for her. After a few moons, to everyone's amazement, a beautiful and magnificent plant was born in the same place that had never been seen before. Its leaves resembled the shape and veins of a heart. And that is why today it is considered a symbol of true love and good luck.