{"id":7435,"date":"2017-03-04T00:21:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T00:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7435"},"modified":"2017-03-04T00:21:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T00:21:55","slug":"brazilian-carnaval-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazilian-carnaval-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Carnaval costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fantasias do carnaval brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carnaval<\/b> is unfortunately over! But the <\/span>boas not\u00edcias <\/span><\/i>(good news) is there\u2019s still plenty to talk about the most popular party in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brazilian people are known for their alegria<\/em> (joy) and bom humor<\/em> (sense of humor). During <\/span>carnaval<\/b>, people take the opportunity to wear fantasias<\/em> (costumes), put on glitter and dress up for parties to use their creativity when it comes to getting the outfits ready. Many of them, of course, are very traditional, like dressing as an indian, baiana (people from the region of Bahia), Carmen Miranda, hula dancer, pirate or super hero. But there are moments when our imagination runs wild. Conhe\u00e7a<\/em> (get to know) the story behind some very successful costumes that were very popular this year and could only make sense in a place like Brazil:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o D\u00f3ria e muro – Jo\u00e3o D\u00f3ria and wall: <\/b><\/p>\n

The city of S\u00e3o Paulo is very well-known for the street art present in its muros (walls). Recently, mayor Jo\u00e3o D\u00f3ria, elected at the end of 2016, launched the program <\/span>Cidade linda<\/span><\/i> (Beautiful City), which aims at the “cleaning” of graffiti as one of its actions. At the launch of the program, Doria dressed in the uniform of the city’s municipal cleaners and covered the art on the walls with gray paint in a major SP avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mayor Doria “cleaning up” grafitti wals in SP
(photo by Secom-PMSP)<\/p><\/div>\n

The action was severely criticized and some <\/span>foli\u00f5es<\/span><\/i> (revelers) took advantage of the Carnaval to make fun of the mayor:<\/span><\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Doria costume
(photo by Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o Twitter)<\/p><\/div>\n

Gr\u00e1vida de Taubat\u00e9 – Pregnant woman from Taubat\u00e9<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2012, uma mulher<\/em> (a woman) surprised Brazil with donation requests on grounds that she had little financial means and was pregnant with quadruplets. After much repercussion, photographic shoots and interviews for the media, it was descoberto<\/em> (discovered) that the pregnancy was falsa<\/em> (fake) and that she was deceiving even her <\/span>marido<\/span><\/i> (husband) with a barriga<\/em> (belly) made of silicone and fabric.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pregnant lady from Taubat\u00e9. Believe it or not, the belly is fake.
(photo: Jorge Ara\u00fajo\/Folhapress\/VEJA)<\/p><\/div>\n

After the story, she even went to trial for identity theft, because a false ultrasound was used to prove the pregnancy, but in 2014 the judge chose not to punish the woman.\u00a0<\/span>From then on the figure of “Pregnant woman from Taubat\u00e9” became present in all Brazilian carnavais. Earlier this year, a similar story took place and brought strength to all the memes and costumes, but it was later revealed that it was nothing more than a cosplay for the elective process of a humorous group on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pregnant from Taubat\u00e9 costume.
(Photo: Lorena Martins\/Web-rep\u00f3rter\/O Tempo)<\/p><\/div>\n

M\u00f4nica Deformada – Deformed M\u00f4nica<\/b><\/p>\n

Turma da M\u00f4nica<\/span><\/i> is an iconic series of comic books created by the cartoonist Maur\u00edcio de Sousa. The origin of the series dates back from 1959, when strips began to be published in a jornal<\/em> (newspaper) and, in 1970, it was transformed into magazine. To this day, the success of the <\/span>Turma da M\u00f4nica <\/span><\/i>is immense and the magazines are part of the initiation to literacy and reading of many <\/span>crian\u00e7as brasileiras<\/span><\/i> (Brazilian children).<\/span><\/p>\n

The actual (and very cute) Turma da M\u00f4nica
(photo: MSP – Brasil 2013)<\/p><\/div>\n

The importance of the series for a child\u2019s identity meant that many children’s schools decided to use the image of Turma da M\u00f4nica characters on their walls, gates, etc. The problem is that the reproduction usually goes wrong and the results are somewhat disproportionate characters. The page M\u00f4nicas Deformadas em Muros de Escolas<\/em> (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/monicasdeformadas\/?fref=nf<\/a>\u00a0)\u00a0made a compilation of photos of these walls and inspired costumes at this carnaval. You can even find the file to download and print the mask.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Catuaba Selvagem<\/b><\/p>\n

Catuaba is one of the most beloved <\/span>bebida<\/span><\/i> (drink) Brazilian carnaval (we talked about catuaba before on a post about Brazilian drinks: <\/span>https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazilian-drinks\/<\/span><\/a>) . Produced from the root, bark and leaves of plants that popularly take the name of catuaba, it is believed that it has aphrodisiac properties. The mixture with a\u00e7a\u00ed that is usually sold on the streets during Carnaval even started being made by Selvagem (Wild), the most famous brand of Catuaba in the country:<\/span><\/p>\n

Catuaba with the Brazilian fruit a\u00e7a\u00ed<\/p><\/div>\n

To honor the drink that brings joy to <\/span>tantas pessoas<\/span><\/i> (so many people) on carnaval, some revelers were inspired by the classic label of Catuaba Selvagem to create their costumes:<\/span><\/p>\n

People dresses as a catuaba label for carnaval
(photo: Reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o Instagram)<\/p><\/div>\n

O que voc\u00eas acharam? What did you think?<\/p>\n

Did you have fun on Carnaval? More about it on the next posts!<\/p>\n

Tenham uma boa semana! Have a good week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Fantasias do carnaval brasileiro Carnaval is unfortunately over! But the boas not\u00edcias (good news) is there\u2019s still plenty to talk about the most popular party in the country. Brazilian people are known for their alegria (joy) and bom humor (sense of humor). During carnaval, people take the opportunity to wear fantasias (costumes), put on glitter…<\/p>\n

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