Category: Culture & Behavior

Culinária Nordestina: Caruru Baiano

O caruru é dos pratos típicos da Bahia e possui claramente influências africanas e indígenas. Ele é considerado uma oferenda que é oferecida ao Orixá Xangô com o nome de Amalá e também aos Ibejis.

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“BRAZILIAN STYLE” MEANS PASSIONATE NOT SEXUAL

“Foreigners see Carnival as a very sexual event, however, it’s nothing more than a playful, fantastic event in the first place,” said writer Marcelo Carneiro Cunha right before his trip to Spain, where he was invited to lecture about the sexual behavior of Brazilian people

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THE COLORFUL ART OF SYNTHIA SAINT JAMES

Synthia is American educator, author and an international award winning visual artist who is best known for the original cover art of the hardcover edition of Terry McMillan’s book Waiting to Exhale and for designing

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