{"id":2839,"date":"2011-10-27T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2011-10-26T03:27:02","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T03:27:02","slug":"halloween-in-brazil-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/halloween-in-brazil-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Halloween is not a Brazilian holiday, it has gained more popularity in Brazil in recent years. Also known as <em>Dia das Bruxas<\/em> (Day of the Witches), some people hold parties where guests go wearing <em>fantasias<\/em> (costumes) or <em>m\u00e1scaras<\/em>(masks). It&#8217;s not a very common holiday to celebrate, but some people dress up or decorate. Here&#8217;s a little video about Halloween crafts and how to decorate for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Como Fazer uma Mesa de Halloween\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b_wDU-BdXIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, because of the influence of Halloween, a new holiday emerged. In order to celebrate Brazilian culture, October 31st was named <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/feliz-dia-do-saci\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dia do Saci<\/a>, to honor one of Brazil&#8217;s folklore legends. Here&#8217;s a little children&#8217;s video about Saci.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eyqC-mp_UOk\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eyqC-mp_UOk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though it&#8217;s not a Halloween tradition, Brazil has its own genre of horror movies. One of the best known directors is Jos\u00e9 Mojica Marins, known as Z\u00e9 do Caix\u00e3o. He was recently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/10\/23\/movies\/jose-mojica-marins-brazilian-filmmaker-conjures-macabre.html?_r=2&amp;ref=movies\" target=\"_blank\">profiled in The New York Times<\/a>. Here&#8217;s an interesting video about the director in Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E6YYb4frDVU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E6YYb4frDVU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Halloween is not a Brazilian holiday, it has gained more popularity in Brazil in recent years. 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