Category Archives: General

First Night

Originally posted on STORYTELLER:
Krewe of Amelia Earhawt. So. It begins. The Uptown parades began to roll on Friday night. As you already know, I like to work the margins. The edges. Along the gutters. There’s a good reason for…

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CARNIVAL SEASON IN SOUTH AMERICA

Originally posted on latin america wanderer:
Carnaval in Santa Marta (Caribbean Coast, Colombia) is a much more down-home affair than in Barranquilla. photo ©Lorraine Caputo It’s been several weeks without dry clothes in this high-altitude city during the rainy season.…

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Africa: Senegalese Help Brazil Fight the Zika Virus

Originally posted on EbolaInfo:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201601261297.html Senegalese researchers who helped contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa are training Brazilians on how to tackle the Zika virus. They have brought along a mobile lab which quickly detects the virus. Senegalese researcher…

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Gilles Peterson – Carnival Música Popular Brasileira Mix

Originally posted on SERI-XCIII:
Gilles Peterson always gets it right. Especially with his knowledge and crate digging of Brazilian music. This is a super hour long mix of some gems from the carnival nation Brazil. Hit play, sip on a…

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Dawn on old bridge, Aquidauana by crpix

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Facades by AFerreira

Thanks a lot for your kind visit From 500px Source: Facades by AFerreira

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Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro Carnival

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Mental Abstrato

Originally posted on ModulatorSoul:
Brazilian music is one of my favourites, the groove from the Samba rhythms to the smoothness of Bossa Nova just gets me going. I just discovered this Sao Paulo group Mental Abstrato, and they bring the…

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“The black girl among them”: When the reality of an all-white social environment sets in

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NASA Rover Designed To Last 90 Days Celebrates 12 Year Anniversary | TechCrunch

This week NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover celebrated its 12 year anniversary on the red planet. What’s truly remarkable about this is the fact that the rover was only designed to operate for… Source: NASA Rover Designed To Last 90 Days Celebrates 12 Year Anniversary … Continue reading

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