Feliz Halloween, gente!<\/p>\n
Yay, it is Halloween again! With the amazing colours in nature that you can only get this time of the year, in outono<\/em> (Autumn), when we celebrate the end of harvest. However, in this time of the year it is primavera<\/em> (Spring) in Brazil. This is probably one of the reasons why Halloween was never big in Brazil, it is not in our culture and only in the past few years, because of the significant exposure of American culture, have brasileiros<\/em> started to celebrate it.<\/p>\n Maybe it is true that brasileiros<\/em> tend to be joyful in cultural celebrations, nevertheless, we still have our fare share of creepy, dark stories and scary tales.<\/p>\n Weirdly enough one of the most disturbing aspects of our culture are lullabies and songs for children. For some reason there are so many of them which would make your child scared, rather than relaxed. They are sang in a soothing voice, even though the lyrics are terrifying and that is what makes them so interesting.<\/p>\n The reason why people keep singing them to children might be that everyone is so used to these songs that they do not stop to analyse the lyrics. Let\u2019s take a look at a couple of them so you can understand better what they are all about.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Boi, boi, boi, boi da cara preta, pega esse menino que tem medo de careta.<\/p>\n Ox, ox, ox, black faced ox, take this little boy who is afraid of funny faces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They lyrics don\u2019t mean anything (thankfully) but the melody is very soothing<\/em><\/p>\n\n