ACLE ZOUAIN
BORN – 23/03/1896 – ZEAITRE – LEBANON
DIED – 20/10/1969 – VITÓRIA –ES – BRAZIL

  English : 

01 - Lebanon was one of the victims of the 1st World War, because its inhabitants suffered very severe consequences, mainly for the lack of victuals.
In the mountains of Lebanon people still had some crops, but there was a grasshopper’s plague that put an end to the plantations. It also came the plague, the typhoid fever and other bad diseases of the time and...
... thousands of people died and the cemeteries could no longer support so many corpses. Then they had to be buried in the streets, in the back yards, in every place.
Acle, his brother Stans and the nephew Inácio Aoun, still young and strong, were volunteers. They buried hundreds of people.

02 - the unemployment, the hunger and the uncertainty of a better future, did Acle, Stans and Inácio migrate to Brazil.
Acle was a nice and funny young boy. During his trip to Brazil he made alot of friends. Everybody liked him very much and had alot of fun with his jokes. However, they could never imagine the pretty voice he had!
When the ship crossed the line of Ecuador, there was a great party and Acle enchanted everybody singing melodies of his Lebanon.

03 - When in Brazil, they went to the city of Colatina (near Vitória) and surroundings, where a good colony of Lebanese already existed. They were near Zouain’s trade.

04 – He spent his life close to his relatives, specially to his beloved brother Stans.
In the 40’s he built a summer house in Guarapari beach (near Vitória too). Everything in the house was in double (two rooms, two kitchens, two bathrooms...) exactly to shelter the two families during summer time.

05 - The two patriarches greeted their distant Lebanon during a lifetime together with other Lebanese, relatives, and friends.
Lebanon inhabited in their hearts in a such alive and strong way that everybody, even the non Lebanese, admired the love they had for their homeland.

06 - In the day of his death, all his children and nephews were concerned with Stans because they knew that not only his heart was suffered, but a part of him died with Acle, because the love among the two brothers was of causing envy (in the good sense) and it served as example for their descendants.

07 - His wife was Maria, and they had ten children: José (Zezé), Simão, Michel, Jorge, Acle, Rosa, Alice, Georgete, Ivone and Rene.
Maria, José (Zezé), Simão and Michel have already died.
His descendants' great part inhabits today the city of Guarapari, where every year, on last Saturday of January, a great meeting happens, together with all relatives of Guarapari, Vitória, Colatina and Rio de janeiro. It’s the great PARTY OF THE FAMILY CONFRATERNIZATION.

  Portuguese : 

01 - O Líbano foi uma das vítimas da 1ª Guerra Mundial, pois seus habitantes sofreram conseqüências muito severas, principalmente pela falta de alimentos.
Nas montanhas do Líbano ainda tinha alimento que o povo plantava, mas houve uma praga de gafanhotos que acabou com as plantações. Veio também a peste, o tifo e outras doenças ruins da época e...
... morreram milhares de pessoas e os cemitérios já não suportavam tantos mortos, então foram enterrados nas ruas, nos quintais, em todos os lugares.
Acle, seu irmão Stans e o sobrinho Inácio Aoun, ainda jovens e fortes, foram voluntários para o sepultamento de centenas de pessoas.

02 - O desemprego, a fome e a incerteza de um futuro melhor, fez com que Acle, Stans e Inácio migrassem para o Brasil.
Acle era um jovem muito simpático e muito brincalhão, durante a viagem para o Brasil, fez muitas amizades e todos do navio já conheciam suas brincadeiras e gostavam muito dele, mas não sabiam que ele tinha uma bonita voz.
Quando o navio cruzou a linha do Equador, houve uma grande festa e Acle encantou a todos cantando melodias do seu Líbano.

03 - Já no Brasil, foram para a cidade de Colatina ( perto de Vitória ) e arredores, onde já existia uma boa colônia de libaneses, para trabalhar no comércio junto do irmão Zouain.

04 - Durante toda a sua vida morou perto dos parentes, principalmente do irmão Stans que adorava.
Nos anos 40, fez uma residência de praia na cidade de Guarapari ( perto de Vitória ) com tudo dobrado ( duas salas, duas cozinhas, dois banheiros ... ) justamente para abrigar as duas familias no período de verão.

05 - Os dois patriarcas saudaram o seu distante Líbano durante toda a vida juntamente com outros libaneses, parentes mais próximos, e amigos.
O Líbano habitava nos seus corações de maneira tão viva e forte que todos, que não eram libaneses, admiravam aquele amor pela sua pátria.

06 - No dia da sua morte, todos os seus filhos e sobrinhos ficaram preocupados com Stans pois sabiam que não só o seu coração estava sofrido, mas uma parte dele morreu junto com Acle, pois o amor entre os dois irmãos era de causar inveja ( no bom sentido ) e serviu de exemplo para seus descendentes.