Beloved poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, in his famous poem “E agora José?” (What now, José?), says:
Key in hand
you want to open the door,
but there’s no door;
You want to die in the sea,
but the sea …
The Roma people – popularly known by the semi-derogative name of gypsies – have been living in Brazil for ever. In 1574, only a few decades after the Portuguese landed in the country, João Torres …
To remember the slavery days and celebrate the (official) abolition anniversary, a great but disturbing Elza Soares video clip, where she sings that “the cheapest meat in the market is the black flesh”.
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by Julia Oeseburg, the Brazilian Guru
The village of Jericoacoara, located in the northern tip of the Ceará, is one of those “nature little secrets” that will blow you away from the minute you get there …
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