Brazil essentials: 18 Unesco World Heritage sites you must visit
Ouro Preto by Marcelo Costa/ Flickr You decided to make a list of all the absolutely must-see Brazilian sites – but don’t know how to […]
Month: May 2011
10 quotes of Brazilian self-hate
We, Brazilians have a love/hate relationship with ourselves and our country. Sometimes this is revealed in a bitter comment, but other times the comment is […]
Slavery, according to Elza Soares
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 […]
Creative sales people
No one is more creative than a Brazilian peddler or beach vendor. They sing, wear costumes, interpret characters, conceive unconventional ways of presenting their products. […]
10 days with John of God
João de Deus – or John of God, as he is internationally known – is arguably the most famous psychic in activity in Brazil. He […]
Musical families
A sample of the talent of the Caymmis, the Buarque de Hollandas, the Assads, the Camargo Marianos, the Velosos, the Gilbertos… The Velosos (Caetano, Bethânia […]
Big Brother and same sex union reveal a tolerant Brazil
Jean Wyllys, a journalist born in a poor family in the countryside of Bahia, is one of the main leaders of the Brazilian gay movement […]
The most beautiful Brazilian waterfalls
One of the divine experiences of traveling along the Brazilian lands is the surprise appearance of little waterfalls along the road. You stop the car, […]
Sinatra sings the excesses of Brazilian coffee
No commodity says Brazil as much as coffee. This year, the country’s coffee exports should reach US$ 7 billion and the internal sales will be […]
Delicate bilro lace
In the early eighties, when the beautiful dunes of Canoa Quebrada, in the Northeastern state of Ceará, where still ignored by the masses and […]