Facebook, the club: social networking on the dancefloor in Brazilian Amazon

Nightspot in remote region close to Bolivia pays homage to website whose popularity has exploded in South America

Workers put the finishing touches to the Facebook club in Epitaciolândia, Brazil, in the Amazonian state of Acre, close to Bolivia. Photograph: Douglas Engle/Australfoto

First there was Facebook the internet phenomenon. Then came Facebook the movie, in the form of The Social Network. There's even been Facebook the musical.

Now Mark Zuckerberg is about to get a more unusual homage: a nightclub in the remote Brazilian Amazon named after his social media site.

The concept is the brainchild of Humbert Camacho, a 30-year-old businessman from Epitaciolândia, a small town on Brazil's border withBolivia.

"The Facebook concept is about sharing ideas, adventures, friendships, parties and photos with your friends," Camacho said during a visit to his club, which opened on Thursday.

"So what we wanted to do was to build a nightclub with this concept, where people could come and share things with their friends, spend a cool night, sharing pictures, experiences and have fun."

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