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Oktoberfest em Blumenau! Posted by on Oct 26, 2010

Now before you start to think this post belongs in the German Blog, don’t go too far because you’re in the right place. Oktoberfest in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, is an annual event that was originally created in the 1980’s to generate funds for the city after a severe flood took over most of the city…

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Paulistanês: Speaking Like You’re From São Paulo City Posted by on Oct 18, 2010

Continuing with our “getting to know Brazilian accents & regional sayings,” series, I realized I hadn’t written about Paulistanês, the “language” spoken in São Paulo city, where I’m currently living and hear everyday! The funny thing about people who live in the city of São Paulo is that they think everyone else has an accent…

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Teatro Mágico – Lyrics Practice Posted by on Oct 11, 2010

It’s a long weekend in Brazil, tomorrow is Children’s Day & Dia de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, our patron saint’s celebration day.  But all over the country, everyone’s talking about  “SWU – Starts With You,” a 3 day festival that’s taking place in Ítu, São Paulo, a couple hours outside the city, a sustainability awareness festival…

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Brazilian Elections – On to Round 2 Posted by on Oct 4, 2010

I know you guys have probably had enough of us talking about the elections in Brazil, so I’ll be brief and won’t make you read too much. The image below taken from Folha.com shows the presidential race results, the apuração dos votos.  With no candidate having a majority vote, the top two, Dilma Roussef and…

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Brazilian Presidential Elections – Plínio de Arruda Posted by on Sep 27, 2010

With just a couple of weeks until elections, I still don’t know who I’m going to vote for as president, but one of the candidates I hadn’t even considered who continues to impress me in the presidential debates, is Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, who is the candidade for PSOL (Partido Socialismo e Liberdade), who is…

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Portuguese Idioms… Translated? Posted by on Sep 21, 2010

Have you ever wondered how some expressions or idioms sound so silly if you were to translate them literally?  Imagine explaining “get off your high horse,” or “blow a lid off” to someone who doesn’t speak English… Well, if you think idioms in English are bizarre, imagine those in Portuguese!!  There’s a great “dictionary” that’s…

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Lyrics Practice – Tulipa Ruiz – The Newer Voices in MPB Posted by on Sep 13, 2010

Next month, a huge music festival is coming to São Paulo… on a gigantic farm in the small city of Itú.  It’s called the “Starts With You” festival and here in SP City, it’s all anyone has been talking about (and of course that means I have to go).  The festival is bringing in big…

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