My mom went to Brazil and all I got was this lousy…
Ah, the wonderful universe of Brazilian souvenirs. Those little mementos irresistible to tourists, that will gather dust for ever behind your books. If you […]
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Leminski, haiku god
Half Polish, half black, poet Paulo Leminski was famous for his humor and his haiku that mixed lots of Japanese influence to the concrete poetry […]
Five censored TV ads
Sex, feminine hygiene and swearing are, sometimes, beyond the reach of Brazilian audiences. These five (mostly) funny Brazilian TV ads were censored on the basis […]
Great pop music from the Amazon
The musical universe of the Amazon region, that includes rhythms brega, tecnobrega and tecnomelody, is mostly ignored by the rest of the country. Check here for […]
Samba master class
This is the closest you will get to learning samba without leaving your desk. The one-hour special “Dance the World“, that premiered on The Travel […]
Brazil national bird, flower, holiday, anthem…
Ever wonder what’s Brazil national… bird? You might think it is the blue macaw or the toucan. In fact, sabiá-laranjeira (Turdus rufiventris or, in English, […]
Great source of translated Brazilian lyrics
Lyrics Translate is a pretty good source for lovers of Brazilian music that wonder what those lyrics are all about. It offers both the […]
Wonderful musicians you never heard of
What if you could get insider information about great Brazilian musicians that are ignored by the wider public? Sparrow Roberts is an American that runs […]
Brazil in 23 MAD magazine covers
Brazil has been – to put it mildly – a challenging market for the publishers of MAD, the longest-running humor magazine of the US. It […]
The biggest bank robbery, now on screen
The biggest bank robbery ever promoted in the country happened in 2005, when 164 million reais (80 million dollars) were stolen from the Central Bank […]