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Samba, part 2: Batucada

Originally posted on Exploring Brazilian Music:
Song: Fanfarra (Cabua-Le-Le) Artist: Sergio Mendes Album: Brasileiro Year Released: 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwgHebDiEoA&w=320&h=240&rel=0 La batucada Drumbata défile au Carnaval des Femmes – Fête des Blanchisseuses 2013 à Paris by Basili is licensed under CC BY-SA…

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Shirley Baker: The Photographers Gallery

Originally posted on ExhibitionSmith – Museum & Gallery Reviews:
The second floor of The Photographers Gallery is currently dedicated to the work of British female documentary photographer Shirley Baker, and is aptly titled ‘Women and Children; and Loitering Men’. The…

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Now More Than Ever: The Story of Greater Manchester CND

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There’s a (Dor)mouse in the house! Bean to bar chocolate made in Manchester

Originally posted on Culinary Adventures of The Cocoa Nut:
Don’t get the wrong end of the stick – Dormouse Chocolates is not a new recipe I dreamt up as a means of adding a cocoa content to Apicius’s classic stuffed rodent…

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Manchester ~ Lunch at Hotel Gotham.

Originally posted on sunshine and celandines:
My latest Manchester Adventure with the girls started with a naughty prosecco in the park and ended with half a cider in a bar that used to be a public toilet ! Somewhere in…

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Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: a must read

Originally posted on RioReal:
Every country and every culture has traditions that are unique and help make that country what it is, but just because something is part of your past doesn’t make it right; it doesn’t mean it defines…

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A Kiss Deferred

Originally posted on Video of the Day!:
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Brazil’s Colour Bind

Originally posted on Foreign-I:
Stephanie Nolen, the Latin America correspondent for The Globe and Mail, wrote an excellent article about race relations and race identity in Brazil. You can read it here, Brazil’s Colour Bind, or look for it in the…

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One year to Rio 2016: Troubled waters for Brazil

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Revealing Dress

FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM I am so awkward. Honestly, sometimes things seem perfectly normal at the time and then I just don’t know what I was thinking.  This post is cringeworthy, so be forewarned.  If you are uncomfortable with boobs, stop … Continue reading

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