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Top 10 songs on the Brazilian Hit Parade
These are the top songs that are playing right now on Brazilian radios. If you were expecting Bossa Nova, you will have a big surprise. To see the previous lists, click here.
1 – Paula Fernandes …
The other life of Franca, the Brazilian shoe capital
The city of Franca is famous for its huge shoe industry. Over 1.000 factories are responsible for the biggest shoe production of all Latin America. But this big city (330,000 people), on the border of …
My mom went to Brazil and all I got was this lousy…
Ah, the wonderful universe of Brazilian souvenirs. Those little mementos irresistible to tourists, that will gather dust for ever behind your books.
If you ever travel by car or bus around the country, don’t miss the …
Leminski, haiku god
Half Polish, half black, poet Paulo Leminski was famous for his humor and his haiku that mixed lots of Japanese influence to the concrete poetry that dominated the Brazilian scene in the 60s and 70s …
Brazilians get the comics “Oscar” – again
Brazilian twins Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon got on Friday their fourth Eisner Comic Industry Awards for “Daytripper”, a book that tells the story of an obituary writer in crisis. In March it topped the …
Out of the oven Brazilian movies
This is the first of a series of posts that will be published every two months with an update of the Brazilian movies recently released or to be released soon. Enjoy!
“Filhos de João, o admirável …
