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História de Natal Digital Posted by polyana on Dec 20, 2010
I just posted this over on my personal blog and had to share it with you all here too. A Digital Agency in Portugal made this video telling the story of Christmas if it were as online as our lives are today. I thought it was genious (that’s a lot to say about a Portuguese…
Carioquês – Getting Around Rio Like a Native Posted by polyana on Dec 13, 2010
The biggest tourist hot spot in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, has its own slang and almost overall dialect. Living in São Paulo and being around the Paulistanês “language” all the time, to me it’s quite refreshing to go to Rio and listening to Carioquês and its malandro nature. Cariocas speak with a certain coolness in…
Brasileirão and the Fluminense Victory Posted by polyana on Dec 7, 2010
You know that feeling you get when your team makes it to the Super Bowl or the World Series? Or for those non-Americans, when there’s a big national tournament that decides the fate of who the national champion is going to be that year? Well, Sunday was like that for me. The Brasileirão, is our…
Pé Frio is not Cold Feet! Posted by polyana on Nov 29, 2010
The other day, I was talking to my Brazilian friend who was an English student of mine, and since then we like to speak in English so he can practice. We were trying to figure out when to go to the beach and I told him the last few times I went to the beach…
Proclamação da República Posted by polyana on Nov 15, 2010
As you’re reading this on Monday morning, I will hopefully be lying on one of the beaches of Búzios in Rio de Janeiro! Today is a holiday in Brazil, Dia da Proclamação da República in which marechal Deodoro da Fonseca led Brazilian revolutionaries in a coup d’etat against the monarchy and put an end to Brazil’s…
A Viola Caipira Posted by polyana on Nov 8, 2010
I grew up to my dad listening to Brazilian folk music, especially “old school” sertanejo & forró (my mom was more of an 80’s rock and Roberto Carlos girl). One instrument that’s always stuck out to me in Brazilian folk music is the viola caipira. Unlike the “viola” you’re thinking of, the viola (pronounced vee-aw-lah)…
President Dilma Rousseff Posted by polyana on Nov 1, 2010
Last night Brazilians elected their first female president and outgoing president Lula’s hand picked successor, Dilma Rousseff. Although it’s a pretty epic event for the country, these elections have been fairly controversial. While Dilma had never held an elected office before, José Serra never stays for a full term in the positions he’s held. But…