Beloved criminals
Brazilians have a somewhat disturbing tenderness for certain types of criminals. Let me drop some names that will prove my point: Meneghetti, Adhemar de Barros, […]
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Singing in the flood
I simply couldn’t resist reproducing this video, published earlier by The Good Blood. In Rio, fun and joie de vivre come first:
King Roberto rules
Brazil is a monarchy ruled by a few kings. If you ask anyone on the streets, he/she will probably name three: soccer genius Pelé, Formula […]
Brazil and food, a love story
Ten dishes for your delight: Once upon a time, landowners used to invent dietary taboos to convince their slaves that they shouldn’t eat certain things. […]
The Brazilian king of Broadway
Paulo Szot has it all. The Brazilian baritone is starring “South Pacific”, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that returned to Broadway after half a century. […]
Vik Muniz in Wasteland
You may have heard of Vik Muniz, the highly successful New York-based Brazilian artist that experiments with all sorts of materials, from diamonds to chocolate, […]
I hate the Girl from Ipanema
Don’t get me wrong – deep inside I love Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes’s song. What’s not to love? The authors were absolutely brilliant […]
You have never seen Rio this way
Airpano, a Russian aerial panorama website, offers an amazing virtual helicopter tour over Rio and Iguaçú Falls (and also Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, New York, […]
10 extraordinary Brazilian musicians you should listen to
by Eloisa Aquino* If you’ve had your share of Bossa Nova, if you feel that you already know all the Tropicália big shots well, if […]
Saints without a halo*
They were not canonized. They are controversial. There is even doubt if some of them really existed. Nevertheless, Brazilian popular saints generate deep devotion, pilgrimages […]