She is the woman with the tutti frutti hat. She is the “Brazilian bombshell.” She set the image of what a sexy, beautiful, and tropical South American woman “should” look like. She was American pop culture’s introduction to Brazil. She was the one and only Carmen Miranda, an artist with a magnetism that was unparalleled.
Her [...]
A brief summary and view on Brazil in New York City: the syncronicity, the Brasil Day events and the hot spots and coolness! New York is a little bit cooler these days because people everywhere can now find Rio Máte ice tea at select locations! (link coming soon!) And in honor of this I thought I’d do a little run down on the cool Brazilian happenings in New York.
Vinicius de Moraes is a great figure of modern Brazilian popular culture. A composer of bossanova and a playwright, he was an esteemed diplomat in the early post-war period of the modern state of Brazil. He is most renowned for his compositions in partnership with Antonio Carlos Jobim, such as the song “A Garota de [...]
Axé Capoeira, one of the most famous contemporary capoeira groups outside of Brazil, held their annual Batizado (baptism) in Toronto, Canada last weekend.
A batizado in contemporary capoeira terminology is when a young capoeirista or capoeira player is initiated into the greater “capoeira family” by a take down in a capoeira game. This take-down is administered [...]
Recently (2 days ago) I saw Seu Jorge and Almaz perform at the Phoenix in Toronto. As those of you who read my previous blog post already know, I knew what I was getting into in terms of music and the show. Somehow I don’t think most people who attended the show did however…
Five or [...]
Ok… Seu Jorge. The secret? Well, he is a pure performer. In a universe of incredible musicians, the Brazilians who truly rise to prominence are the amazingly versatile performers. He is an actor, a musician, a song writer, and a “character” so to speak. I can say this with a certain degree of confidence because [...]
Brazil is in style right now. It is very “a la mode” as they say in the upper echelons of French society. What’s even cooler is even though the Brazilians themselves know how cool they are, most of the time they are pretty chill about it. I thought I’d list ten reasons why I think [...]
This coming Saturday Toronto plays host to its yearly festival Afrofest, a hugely popular African Music and Arts festival that attracts thousands of people to Queen’s Park.
It is perhaps the most fitting location for that most African of Brazilian cultural manifestations, capoeira. Capoeira, for those not yet acquainted with it, is the Afro-Brazilian martial art [...]
Oh the pain!!!
The pain felt by Brazilians and Brazilian soccer fans the world over last Friday was intense. Five-time champion Brazil was one of the favorites to win the FIFA World Cup and is surely the one country that has the most fans around the world. Everyone likes Brazil! It is seen by many as [...]
Statistically, Spain is the best team in the World Cup. Even Lula Da Silva, the president of Brazil, peace be upon him, said that Spain has the best team in this year’s tournament. Having said that, we all know that when it comes down to it, it is not always the statistically best teams that win.
Hmmm [...]
A brief summary and view on Brazil in New York City: the syncronicity, the Brasil Day events and the hot spots and coolness! New York is a little bit cooler these days because people everywhere can now find Rio Máte ice tea at select locations! (link coming soon!) And in honor of this I thought I’d do a little run down on the cool Brazilian happenings in New York.
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