Archive for 'Culture'
Valentine’s Day – Dia dos Namorados in Brazil Posted by carol on Jun 10, 2017
Feliz dia dos namorados! Happy Valentine’s Day! Now you must be wondering: isn’t Valentine’s day in February? Não no Brasil! (Not in Brazil!) Although many countries celebrate this date no dia quatorze de fevereiro (on February 14th), here romance is in the air no dia doze de junho (on June 12th), which is na próxima…
[Portuguese listening/reading practice] – O primeiro dia Posted by carol on May 31, 2017
[Atividade de escuta e leitura em Português] Olá, galera! Hey, you guys! Today we are going to practice some listening and reading skills. We are going over the text “O Primeiro Dia” (The First Day) extracted from the short story collection Comédias Brasileiras de Verão (Brazilian Summer Comedies) by beloved Brazilian author and comedian Luís Fernando…
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Posted by carol on May 25, 2017
Olá, galera! Hey, everyone! The dazzling cidade (city) of São Paulo is Brazil’s wealthiest, largest and most populous metropole. As such, a lot can be expected from its major museum, the São Paulo Art Museum (Museu de Arte de São Paulo), also conhecido (known) as MASP. MASP is a leading Brazilian cultural institution and an…
Bilingual books Posted by carol on May 19, 2017
[Livros Bilíngues] Ei pessoal! Hey, guys! Reading texts in a língua estrangeira (foreign language) is a great exercise to reach fluency. Therefore, literature has a significant role in this sense, because it ajuda (helps) in the process of acquiring vocabulary and it develops habilidades de leitura (reading skills). For some, reading livros (books) in a…
[Brazilian Music] – Belchior Posted by carol on May 12, 2017
[Música Brasileira] – Belchior Last week we said adeus (goodbye) to Antônio Carlos Gomes Belchior Fontenelle Fernandes, conhecido (known) simply as Belchior, a Brazilian music icon from the state Ceará, in the northeastern Brazil. One of our country’s most beloved artists, the 70-year old Belchior passed away on April 30th of natural causes due…
[Work-related words] – Part 1 Posted by carol on Apr 30, 2017
[Palavras relacionadas a trabalho] – Parte 1 Olá a todos! Hello everyone! As you all know, May 1rst is labor day, or as we say in Brazil, dia do trabalho. It is a date celebrated all over the world, and it is an official holiday in many places. Here, it is also known as the…
[Brazilian Literature] – The history of samba Posted by carol on Apr 21, 2017
“Quem não gosta de Samba, bom sujeito não é” [Those who don’t like samba are not good people] Oi, galera! Hey, everyone! This is a post about Brazilian literature, but it may just as well fall under our [Brazilian Music] heading. Today we’ll talk about Lira Neto’s newest release Uma história do Samba: as origens…