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Maranhão, images of a Brazilian paradise

Tony — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:48:21 +0000

Copyright © 2010 Tony Gálvez. Read the original at http://www.braziltravelblog.com/2008/11/30/maranhao-images-of-a-brazilian-paradise/. If you find this text at a location other than the Brazil Travel Blog it is an unauthorized use of the blog material.

I’ve just received Blurb’s website you can preview the first 14 pages of the book. Here’s a photo with the thumbnails of the entire book:

The book is divided in three parts. The first one is dedicated to the Lençóis Maranhenses, the second to the cities of São Luís and Alcântara and the third block has photos of the festas juninas and the wonderful Bumba-meu-boi.

The book can be purchased through Blurb, where you will be able to see all the details. Books are sent from the US and Europe to destinations throughout the world.

Maranhão in June: index

Tony — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:15:41 +0000
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Time does fly! It’s now a year since we went to Maranhão. I’d like to take the opportunity to leave here an index to the information published since then on São Luís do Maranhão and the Lençóis Maranhenses. It is June, after all, a very special month for the region, as it is now when the festas juninas and the bumba-meu-boi festival take place:

Destination: São Luís

Destination: Lençóis Maranhenses

Destination: Caburé

Bumba-meu-boi

video: festas juninas in São Luís

pictures of the Lençóis Maranhenses

pictures of the ceramic tiles of São Luís

pictures of Caburé

pictures of bumba-meu-boi

pictures of scarlet ibis in Alcântara

restaurante da Luzia, Atins

Brazilian videos: festas juninas in São Luís

Tony — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:20:52 +0000
Copyright © 2010 Tony Gálvez. Read the original at http://www.braziltravelblog.com/2007/05/17/brazilian-videos-festas-juninas-in-sao-luis/. If you find this text at a location other than the Brazil Travel Blog it is an unauthorized use of the blog material.
This is the second video from the deviajeabrasil.com collection.

It’s longer than the previous one (5 minutes) as it portrays a Brazilian festival that is hardly known outside Brazil and even inside the Brazilian boundaries. I’m talking about the festas juninas -very popular all throughout Brazil- they way they are lived in São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão. The video presents three different folk displays:

the tambor de crioula, an Afro-Brazilian dance practiced mainly by descendents of African slaves. Three drums, each one with a specific function, dictate the rhythm.

the quadrilha, a dance of English origin, present in the festas juninas of all Brazil.

and the bumba-meu-boi, of which I gave quite a lot of information a couple of days ago here.

The soundtrack for each of the three blocks corresponds to the music played during the events.

You can watch the video on the YouTube screen provided below. This time I haven’t been able to make a high-resolution version available, as the file is too big and I haven’t found a provider that will host the file for free. A pity as the version hosted by YouTube leaves quite a lot to be desired in terms of quality.It is an audiovisual presentation, so make sure your computer speakers are on! Hope you enjoy it.

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