Archive for 'Culture'
Online Brazil Photography Collection Posted by Rachel on Mar 5, 2009
Until June, you can access one of the most spectacular collections of Brazilian photography with works dating from the late 1800s to the 1980s, taken by professionals and amateurs alike. The majority of the collection was taken in Rio de Janeiro but there are sections in other states, like São Paulo. The collection is organized…
Carnival in Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Posted by Rachel on Feb 26, 2009
Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival is the best known worldwide. Though the most famous part is the Sambodrome parade, the blocos (street parades) are also the mainstay of Rio’s Carnival. Over two nights, twelve samba schools parade down the avenue in the Sambodrome for 82 minutes. Judges analyze a number of aspects about each school, including…
Carnival in Brazil: Salvador Posted by Rachel on Feb 25, 2009
This week, we’re looking at the different Carnival celebrations in Brazil. Today, we’re going to look at Carnival in Salvador, in the northern state of Bahia. Salvador’s Carnival is one of the largest outdoor celebrations in the world, attracting nearly three million people every year for the six day festival. In this city, huge crowds…
Carnival in Brazil: São Paulo Posted by Rachel on Feb 24, 2009
This week, we’re looking at different Carnival celebrations throughout Brazil. Today, we’re going to look at Carnival in São Paulo. Carnival in São Paulo is very similar to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Percussion bands leading parades of revelers through the streets called blocos are common, which began in the early 1900s. Samba schools first…
Carnival in Brazil: Recife Posted by Rachel on Feb 23, 2009
Carnival began this past weekend across Brazil and though it officially lasts until Tuesday, some festivities continue throughout the week. So this week, we’ll take a look at the different Carnival celebrations throughout the country. Today, we’re going to look at Recife’s Carnival. The celebrations in Pernambuco’s capital and its immediate neighbor, Olinda, are known…
Watermelon Festival in Rio Grande do Sul Posted by Rachel on Feb 17, 2009
While the rest of the country gears up for Carnival, the city of Pedro Osório in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul is having a different kind of celebration: a watermelon festival. In the eighth annual edition of the festival, watermelon producers sell fresh fruit to the public, as well as the…
Novela News Posted by Rachel on Jan 19, 2009
Due to intense competition between two of the major TV networks in Brazil, there are a slew of new novelas and TV shows coming out in Brazil as each network tries to edge out the other. The two networks in question, Globo and Record, have been competing for viewers as Record has won over traditional…