Category: Art / Culture

HOW BRAZILIANS IN BRAZIL SEE THE AMERICANS

The general Brazilian vision about Americans is that they are in majority, exceptionally educated, and America, the perfect country, with happy families, no political or socio-economical issues. The Brazilians that had the opportunity to visit the U.S.

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History, Expressions and Rhythms of Brazilian Carnival

Carnaval is an “Age-Old Festival” of merrymaking and still stands for freedom, irreverence and rule breaking. Carnival in USA, Carnivale in Italy or Carnaval in Brazil, is the annual “Celebration of Life” that usually happens in February, sometimes in march, 40 days before Lent, a Catholic holiday.

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Dim, Dim, Dom… It’s the Sound of Berimbal

To the haunting sound of Berimbal, novice capoeiristas from Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Paris, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Sidney, among other cities, fellow their teacher, swaying from side to side.

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Samba Creation and Brazilian Identity

Here in this article we will assume that the “urban” samba begun in the 1930’s in Rio de Janeiro, and that the origin of urban samba came from the samba-de-roda that is linked to capoeira and the slaves that came from Africa during the 19th century.

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Vem à Janela Ver o Sol Nascer

Ao descobrir que sua paciente era uma passista da Mangueira, o acadêmico da Santa Casa de Misericórdia, no Rio de Janeiro, a fez cantar o samba enredo da referida escola daquele ano

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