Monthly Archives: April 2017

AIRTO MOREIRA

Originally posted on BRAZIL*CA*MUSIC:
photo: Janis Wilkins Airto Moreira was born in 1941 in the small village of Itaiopolis – south Brasil, and was raised in Curitiba. Even before he could walk he would start shaking and banging…

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workshop de Repinique – YouTube

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Bacchanal Jamaica Carnival 2017 Recap

Originally posted on Soul Ethnicity:
This years staging of?Bacchanal Jamaica?indeed had carnival?revelers ‘spellbound’.? Mi a di b-a-d-d-e-s-t?Tifa?❤ The notorious steel pan. It wouldn’t be carnival without them. Mi Gal?Chana❤ Awww carnival and love a beautiful combo ❤ Kes the band…

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Fête fi Hours: Jamaica Carnival

Originally posted on Two Years pon di Rock:
Feathers, rum, revelers, spectators, trucks, and plenty of soca music: this is Carnival!? We heard the marching band leading the parade as we made our way to Hope Road at mid-morning on…

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Can the 2018 Election Overcome Brazil’s Crisis of Legitimacy?

Originally posted on AULA Blog:
By Fabio Kerche* The Brazilian flag. / Club Med UK / Flickr / Creative Commons The political and economic crisis punctuated by the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 persists unabated under the…

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“Only in a highly unequal society do people serve others 24 hours a day”: In the capital city region, study shows that 80% of maids are black

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St. George and the Dragons

Originally posted on The Myth Maze :
St. George , patron saint of England is celebrated on 23rd April. He seems a strange choice for English folk being of Syrian origin and born of a Greek father and a Syrian mother.…

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Wondrous Tribes: Amazons

Originally posted on Into the Wonder:
Probably not historically accurate Of all the “wondrous tribes” European explorers reported to exist in the Americas, the Amazons are probably the most obviously human. They have the requisite number of eyes, legs, and…

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CIDADE MARAVILHOSA: UM RIO INVISÍVEL

Originally posted on Elieser Borba:
FOTO: Elieser Borba      .       Morador de rua com fixadores externos na Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana

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Why Chefs Wear White (and Sometimes Color Too)

Originally posted on We Are Chefs:
By Ana Kinkaid Today’s diners accept a chef’s gleaming white jacket as the standard attire of a culinary professional, prompted in part by the early television appearances of Paul Prudhomme and Wolfgang Puck. Yet…

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