Acai

Many years ago, in the Amazon, a large tribe of indigenous passed a terrible famine. With the arrival of new tribe members, the absence of food was unbearable.
The chief, Itaki, in the name of Tupã the god, ordered the sacrifice of every newborn, until the day the population managed to sustain themselves by finding food again.
The baby of Iaçã, daughter of the chief was no exception who was also killed.
Iaçã cried many days long, praying to Tupã for the end of this dramatic condition. One night Iaçã heard the crying voice of her dead baby from the pluvial forest and she ran to it. She tried to hug her baby, who seemed to be sitting on a palm tree trunk.
The following morning Iaçã was found there, dead, her lips were still smiling, staring without life, towards the top of the palm with its violet berries.
The father ordered to collect those berries, realizing how they were precious and nutritious. Since that day, there were no more sacrifices and the fruit received the name Acai, the reverse of Iaçã’s name.
Today, the indigenous of the Amazon still call the fruit by Iça-çai, “crying fruit” considering it a fundamental food for them.