The day of Iemanjá, the sea orixá

These two videos were posted in honor of Iemanjá (or Yemanjá), the orixá/ goddess of the oceans in the African-Brazilian religions, whose day is celebrated today. First a beautiful 16 minute documentary about the celebrations …

The country seen through Parkour

Parkour is an extreme sport, a race that uses the obstacles common in the urban landscape – playground equipment, buildings, walls – in all sorts of manoeuvrings. Now, what does parkour tells us about the …

Best moments of Brazilian soccer with Canal 100

During over four decades, all movies screened in the country were preceded by two video magazines, normally many months old – Cinejornal, created by documentarist Primo Carbonari, and Canal 100, produced by Carlos Niemeyer. The …

Good news: six out of ten Brazilians belong to the middle class

Three studies released this week indicate that there is a considerable upwards social movement going on in the country.
According to a poll conducted by daily Folha de S. Paulo:

90 million people – 6 out 10 …

The 50 most common names in Brazil

proScore, a company specialized in the analysis of credit information, ran through 165 million CPF documents – the Brazilian Social Security number – and produced a list of the 50 names more frequent in the …

The best of F1 pilot Rubens Barrichello

As Williams team announces that Brazilian pilot Bruno Senna will replace fellow countryman Bruno Barrichello in the next Formula One season it becomes apparent that the latter will (have to) retire after a 19-year career. …