Category Archives: Brazil

Roots of Capoeira Crowd Funding Appeal

Posted on December 9, 2012 by agogo22

Help them out here Angolan Roots of Capoeira

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Hillside Beauties

Posted on November 13, 2012 by agogo22

Hillside Beauties from julia kurc on Vimeo.

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Afoxé Oyá Alaxé – Quilombo Axé (Dia de negro)

Posted on November 5, 2012 by agogo22
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Music from Portugal/Brazil – Rodrigo Leão and Thiago Pethit

Posted on September 21, 2012 by agogo22

Originally posted on World Music – the Music Journey:
Rodrigo, his full name  Rodrigo Costa Leão Muñoz Miguez , is a Portuguese composer and musician. Born in Lisbon in 1964, he became known through the bands “Madredeus” and “Sétima Legião”. Thiago…

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TEDxRio+20 // Lembranças

Posted on September 6, 2012 by agogo22

TEDxRio+20 // Lembranças from TEDxRio on Vimeo.

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The Rhythm, The City, 7pm

Posted on May 2, 2012 by agogo22

https://vimeo.com/39443647

MSS at Sacred Trinity Church, on the corner of Chapel Street and Blackfriars Road by the traffic lights, in Salford (just down from Deansgate if you’re coming from Piccadilly) at 7p.m. tonight!

Come down and join to be part of our troupe in The Manchester Day Parade on June 10th.

More info and videos of what we did last year at http://www.sambaman.org.uk

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Sunrise in Paraguay River

Posted on April 7, 2012 by agogo22

Sunrise in Paraguay River, a photo by macps on Flickr.

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Cabdrivers in session

Posted on March 25, 2012 by agogo22

Originally posted on The Heat Report:
During the last spun-around week in Sao Paulo and Rio (speaking with a range of people from entrepreneurs, media minds, urban planners, investors and my favorite . . . taxi drivers) A few of the…

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Brazil: Goethe the ‘dirty old man’

Posted on March 24, 2012 by agogo22

A year of reading the world From one Portuguese-language country with very few novels available in translation we jump to another that has a whole heap of them (by British standards, at least). With so many exciting recommendations on the list, … Continue reading →

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Black Women of Brazil: Black Brazilian community being evicted by the Brazilian Navy!

Posted on March 21, 2012 by agogo22

Black Women of Brazil: Black Brazilian community being evicted by the Brazilian Navy!. Sign: Governor Jacques Wagner join with our President Dilma and the mayor of Simões Filho, we are asking for urgent help because we are being evicted by … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 20, 2012 by agogo22

Originally posted on Victim of the Fury:
Here I was in Sao Paulo yesterday doing the work that most romanticize, some demonize, and the reality of which few would recognize.  I was in a taxi returning from a failed quest…

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Make Mine a Decaf – Genetically Engineered Coffee

Posted on March 20, 2012 by agogo22

Originally posted on Inimese:
Coffee is one of the most widely consumed drinks in the world. Because of it’s high caffeine content, it also counts as the most widely used stimulant drug. With increasing concern about the effects of caffeine…

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