{"id":226,"date":"2008-05-22T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=226"},"modified":"2014-07-18T18:47:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T18:47:26","slug":"corpus-christi-tradition-street-carpets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/corpus-christi-tradition-street-carpets\/","title":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi Tradition: Street Carpets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Corpus Christi, a Catholic holiday that is also a national celebration in Brazil. It is a tradition to create <i>tapetes <\/i>(carpets) in the streets made of different organic materials like salt, flowers, and wood chips, usually with religious themes. They are often kilometers long, extremely intricate, and are along procession routes. The creations are a sight to see, and you can check them out below.<\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><\/div>\n<p>Some of the most famous cities with Corpus Cristi <i>tapetes<\/i> include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/g1.globo.com\/Noticias\/Rio\/0,,MUL532871-5606,00-FIEIS+MONTAM+KM+DE+TAPETE+EM+SAO+GONCALO.html\">S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo, Rio de Janeiro<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imagem:Tapete_de_corpus_christi_em_po%C3%A1_sp_brasil_-_fernando_ara%C3%BAjo_SECOM_Po%C3%A1.jpg\">Po\u00e1, S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/g1.globo.com\/Noticias\/Brasil\/0,,MUL489547-5598,00-FIEIS+PREPARAM+TAPETES+PARA+RECEBER+PROCISSAO+DE+CORPUS+CHRISTI.html\">Castelo, Espirito Santo<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/g1.globo.com\/Noticias\/Brasil\/0,,MUL489547-5598,00-FIEIS+PREPARAM+TAPETES+PARA+RECEBER+PROCISSAO+DE+CORPUS+CHRISTI.html\">Rodeio, Rio Grande do Sul<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/g1.globo.com\/Noticias\/Brasil\/0,,MUL488218-5598,00.html\">S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o del Rei, Minas Gerais<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/img518.imageshack.us\/img518\/7684\/010qn6.jpg\">Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arqmariana.com.br\/images\/gif\/DSC07074.jpg.gif\">Mariana, Minas Gerais<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.portaldafamilia.org\/datas\/corpus\/corpuschristi1.shtml\">Florian\u00f3polis, Santa Catarina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/g1.globo.com\/Noticias\/Brasil\/0,,MUL533110-5598,00-TAPETES+DE+CORPUS+CHRISTI+TOMAM+AS+RUAS+DE+NORTE+A+SUL+DO+PAIS.html\">click here<\/a> to see a Globo video about tapetes from Par\u00e1, S\u00e3o Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio Grande do Sul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Corpus Christi, a Catholic holiday that is also a national celebration in Brazil. It is a tradition to create tapetes (carpets) in the streets made of different organic materials like salt, flowers, and wood chips, usually with religious themes. They are often kilometers long, extremely intricate, and are along procession routes. The creations&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/corpus-christi-tradition-street-carpets\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2558],"class_list":["post-226","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tapete"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5459,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/5459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}