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* Amado also collaborated with his friend and fello-Bahian Dorival Caymmi in writing the famous song É Doce Morrer no Mar ( It's sweet to die on the sea ) where the drowned fisherman is described as having " made his rest in the confort of Iemanjá's arms " ( Fez sua cama de novo no colo de Iemanja )-a reference to the belief that drowned sailors and fishermen become " Iemanjá's sons and lovers " and wander forever with her on the sea bottom.