Category Archives: Brazil

What I live for

What I live for, a photo by pixel.eight on Flickr. If you are in M/Cr tonight come along to MSS Beginner’s Class and let Danny teach you to Samba! More info http://www.sambaman.org.uk

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Originally posted on Parallel Worlds:
[words and photographs by Mark Eveleigh] Young men are sitting at a table by the dusty roadside. A bag is on the table but the flap is open and it is easy for the inquisitive…

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Jumping Rio Carnival with Carmelitas bloco

A bishop sits drunkenly on a step, nursing a glass of beer and eying up a body-builder with a red satin dress stretching over his bulging pecs. Across the road a policewoman, in an unfeasibly short skirt, lewdly caresses a … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Parallel Worlds:
[words and photographs © Mark Eveleigh] While the media spotlight shines on the action in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, much of the carnival craziness takes place at the blocos – and one of the best and…

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Cidade Samba (City of Samba)

Tilt shift of the Carnaval party in Rio de Janeiro. Made by Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli. Captured during Carnaval of 2011. Music by Jarbas Agnelli. Special thanks to Rede Globo, Liesa and Jodele Larcher. keithloutit.com adstudio.com.br

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Tropicália: Brazilian Music and Culture of the 1960s | Latin American Library at Tulane University

Tropicália: Brazilian Music and Culture of the 1960s | Latin American Library at Tulane University.

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Originally posted on Lyrical Brazil:
Lyrics from “Panis et Circenses” (Bread and Circus) by  Gilberto Gil & Caetano Veloso with Os Mutantes; arrangement and sound by Rogério Duprat Album:  Tropicalia: ou Panis et Circensis (1968) & Os Mutantes (1968) — I wanted to sing my song, illuminated by…

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Nature’s Child – Calangos

Originally posted on Image As Voice:
artist: Calangos, Brazil

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