http://deepbrazil.com Culture, Music, Environment, Economy, Society Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://deepbrazil.com/2011/08/29/portuguese-tiles/ http://deepbrazil.com/2011/08/29/portuguese-tiles/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:20:44 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=11309

Azulejos, the very typical Portuguese white and blue tilework, can still be found in several Brazilian cities, generally remnant from the colonial years. They began to arrive in the country around 1630 and were used ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2011/08/29/portuguese-tiles/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2011/04/29/royal-wedding-in-brazil/ http://deepbrazil.com/2011/04/29/royal-wedding-in-brazil/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:39:02 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=7516

Brazil had its own share of royal weddings – with all the pomp and drama. The country’s two emperors had three weddings between them during the 19th century. Dom Pedro I (that should have been renamed ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2011/04/29/royal-wedding-in-brazil/feed/ 0 http://deepbrazil.com/2011/03/08/30-words-with-totally-different-meanings-in-brazil-and-portugal/ http://deepbrazil.com/2011/03/08/30-words-with-totally-different-meanings-in-brazil-and-portugal/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:20:23 +0000 Regina http://deepbrazil.com/?p=5776

  You spend a few years in Portugal and then disembark in Brazil – just to learn you cannot communicate with the locals. England and America are two countries separated by a common language – said the ...]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2011/03/08/30-words-with-totally-different-meanings-in-brazil-and-portugal/feed/ 5 http://deepbrazil.com/2009/12/25/colonial-beauties/ http://deepbrazil.com/2009/12/25/colonial-beauties/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:20:16 +0000 Deep Brazil http://deepbrazil.com/?p=588

Paraty, in Rio state Carmo church, Mariana, Minas Gerais Macau, China Panjim, Goa, India   ]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2009/12/25/colonial-beauties/feed/ 5