Pifano, the Brazilian flute
Pífanos or pifes, the Brazilian flutes, are a product of the cultural fusions so typical in the country. On one hand, they are made of bamboo, […]
Pífanos or pifes, the Brazilian flutes, are a product of the cultural fusions so typical in the country. On one hand, they are made of bamboo, […]
Only two Brazilian writers made it internationally: Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of mystical parables, and Jorge Amado, the politically engaged storyteller that eviscerated the society […]
For half a century, the characters of Turma da Mônica (Mônica’s Gang, in the “official” translation) inhabited the imagination of cartoonist Mauricio de Souza and […]
If you remember the 70s, you were not really there, right? What about a little revival of those crazy, sparkly years? Brazil began the […]
Some 682,000 foreigners live in Brazil according to official statistics, in 2009 – but the number might be higher because so many immigrants don’t have […]
Brazilian stock market fell 18% in the last 10 days, a dump faster than the chute of all the other bear markets in the world. […]
Tico-tico no fubá (literally, a very typical sparrow in cornmeal), chorinho composed by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917, is a virtuoso tour de force, included […]
Too much sugar, too much salt, lots of food with low nutritious value and three daily cups of coffee. That is on the table of […]
One of the richest – and weirdest – experiences offered to middle class Brazilian children is the possibility of sharing their lives and space with […]
Only 73,000 people lived in Porto Alegre, the capital of the Southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 1900. Today, its population is around […]
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