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The weather thing

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THE SIMPSONS RECAP TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS IN TRUE SIMPSON FASHION

Originally posted on Popcorn and Velvet Seats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo3fT0xPeHs The Simpsons recap the Trump administration’s 1st 100 days – it’s another classic.

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Waterside Arts Centre welcomes ‘One Year On’

Originally posted on Anisah Zaman:
Waterside Arts Centre in Sale has played host to a variety of different exhibitions over the years, for both well-known and local upcoming artists. On my most recent visit to the art centre, the exhibition…

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What Just Happened in Brazil? 370 Million Indigenous People Have Rights.

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Brazil’s five regions: an introduction for ‘gringos’

Originally posted on Joseph Masters:
Brazil is a country the size of a continent. It’s incredibly diverse in terms of culture, climate and ethnic mix, but sadly most foreigners probably think of it as one big homogenous kingdom of football,…

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Banda Do Mar

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The Roots of Rock in Brazil

Originally posted on Brasil Calling:
Brazilian music is more immediately associated with genres like bossa nova, samba and Tropicália. Regional sounds, such as lundu, maracatu, forró, sertaneja are lesser-known. It all tends to get lumped together under the all-encompassing category…

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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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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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