Group of friends has maintained the tradition of playing dominoes for over 30 years in Acre From Sunday to Sunday, a commitment is taken seriously by a group of friends from the Vila Ivonete neighborhood and others nearby, in Rio Branco. Retired Pedro José, professor Paulo Dantas and other friends have been getting together for over 30 years to play dominoes. Most of them are already retired, but the desire to maintain the tradition remains the same. According to Pedro, what started with his father went through generations and became an arranged meeting. ? Join the g1 AC channel on WhatsApp For the group, the most important thing is not always winning the match, but keeping a friendship built over decades alive. "In 1976, when my father arrived to live here, we lived on the rubber plantation. Then he and the neighbors came and played. Then, in 1981, I left the rubber plantation here and stayed here. My father died and I stayed here and continued playing dominoes there with my friends", he recalled. Group has maintained tradition of playing dominoes for over 30 years in Acre Reproduction/Rede Amazônica Acre READ MORE: Love that spans generations: Couple celebrates 70 years of marriage with 5 children, 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren in AC Journalist accepts to be godmother and organizes ex-husband's wedding party in Acre: 'we are still a family' On motorbikes, group of friends take to the road to attend the inauguration of the bridge that connects AC and RO The meetings, which began with the family, gained new participants and became part of the group's routine. Professor Paulo Dantas, 59 years old, said that, before returning home, he makes a point of stopping by his friends' table to catch up. For him, dominoes is a form of leisure that also helps keep his mind active. "We are already of average age, we are not old. We are not very attached to today's media, cell phones, and [dominoes] is our leisure activity", he defended. The professor also states that playing with friends is a way to get out of the routine and enjoy the time between them. "It's something that's pleasurable and also beneficial. Currently, most people are in old age, I'm practically the same, I'm 59 years old, and it's a game that gives pleasure and helps us exercise our minds, get out of this work and home routine a little", he said. Meetings that began with the family gained new participants and became part of the routine of the group Reproduction/Rede Amazônica Acre Tradição In addition to helping to exercise the mind, dominoes, according to Paulo, are also responsible for ensuring a good laugh. During the matches, the group jokes, teases and suffers from the dreaded “capote”. "Boy, we laugh a lot when there's a capote, when someone scores less than 100 points. We call it a capote, and no one wants to get a capote. So, when the friend takes it, then the others start laughing", he joked. When playing, everyone has the same goal: to win. However, whoever loses, in addition to hearing their friends' teasing, still needs to complete a task that has become a tradition: guarding the dominoes table. Dominó is also responsible for ensuring good laughs for the group of friends from Acre Reproduction/Rede Amazônica Acre According to Janil Guedes, another member of the group, dominó is just the reason for the meeting to happen every day and for the friendship, built over three decades, to continue to be strengthened. For him, the tradition of guarding the table maintains anticipation for the next matches. "It's the three best at the table, and this cheater said I'm the best keeper at the table. And I'm the best in Vila Ivonete. I'm burned here", he joked. Review Acre’s news programs