Tag Archives: Brasil

Street Carnival and Blocos 2019 — Rio the Guide

Here is a small selection of some of the blocos and street bands that are scheduled to be going out in Rio during carnival and in the run up to the event in 2019. But nothing is ever set in … Continue reading →

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Rhythmic Uprising – Chapter 7, Dida

Rhythmic Uprising is a documentary that shows how vibrant Afro-Brazilian performing arts are used to fight racism, social exclusion, and poverty in Bahia, Brazil. The film outlines the transformative powers of a large movement of community cultural projects that make … Continue reading →

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Mangueira 2019 ensaio da comunidade bateria e o canto

Ensaio da comunidade da Estação Primeira de Mangueira, no Palácio do Samba, quinta-feira, 13 de dezembro. Samba enredo de 2019 com as bossas da Bateria da Mangueira e o coro dos componentes da verde e rosa. Por Valéria del Cueto … Continue reading →

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Império Serrano 2019: Bateria de mestre Gilmar no ensaio de rua

Império Serrano 2019: Bateria de mestre Gilmar no ensaio de rua/Império Serrano 2019: Mestre Gilmar’s Bateria in a street rehearsal

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Luthier Tips du Jour – The Brazilian 7 string guitar

Luthier and Instructor, Robert O’Brien, talks to Brazilian musicians Euclides Marques and Luizinho 7 cordas about the history of the 7 string guitar in Brazil. He also talks to Brazilian luthier, Antonio Tessarin, to get his take on the construction … Continue reading →

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Evolution of the Brazilian Guitar (1917 – 1999)

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Bateria Mangueira – Batidas de tarol/caixa explicada por mestre Wesley

O mestre de bateria da Mangueira, Wesley, mostra as levadas de tarol da Escola.

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Bateria Mangueira – Batidas de tarol/caixa explicada por mestre Wesley

O mestre de bateria da Mangueira, Wesley, mostra as levadas de tarol da Escola.

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“Way of Giants” – “Caminho dos Gigantes”

Directed, Produced and Written by ALOIS DI LEO In a forest of gigantic trees, Oquirá a six year old indigenous girl, will challenge her destiny and learn to understand the cycle of life […]

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The world record holding Street Artist (Eduardo Kobra)

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An Amazonian Experience — Travel impressions life expressions

A jungle challenge! What indigenous South Americans used as mosquito repellent. Alta Floresta, Amazon, Brazil, December 2017 via An Amazonian Experience — Travel impressions life expressions

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Ensaio Técnico Imperatriz do Forte 2018

Melhores momentos do ensaio técnico (Best bits of the Technical Rehearsal 2018)

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