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Nature | Exploring caves
Follow Us On Twitter People With Depression Can Have A Good Day? Description from photographer if any: By j_bispo Source: 500px.com https://thepicturesshow.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/nature-exploring-caves/
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Tagged beautiful, Brasil, Brazil, cave, Dark, green, Rio de Janeiro, rock, rocks, South America, water
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Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete)
Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete) For the vinagrete: 1 medium red or white onion, chipped 2 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 medium green pepper, seeded and chopped 1 Tbsp cilantro, chopped 1 Tbsp green onion, green part only, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brasil, Brazil, camaro ao vinagrete, paraiba, shrimp cocktail
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Suicide Up Close in São Paulo
I’ve never seen a jumper up close. Suicide where someone leaps off a tall building is always what you see in movies and usually a hero comes and talks the jumper out of leaping to their death. However, after I … Continue reading
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Tagged augusta, Brasil, Brazil, death, rua augusta, Sao Paulo, suicide, suicidio
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Funny Brazilian expressions!
A Brazilian… man doesn’t ‘have sex’, he dips the cookie. Or, he drowns the goose doesn’t ‘give up’ or ‘retire’, he hangs his football boots doesn’t ‘get drunk’, he puts his foot inside a jackfruit doesn’t ‘have a problem’, he is fried isn’t … Continue reading
Stratum
What a whirlwind crazy 9 months. I spent the last 9 months creating new work for a duo show with the fantastically talented Naomi Scheck. She asked me if I would be interested in exhibiting my work with her and … Continue reading
Some interesting facts!
There is Ronaldo da Silva prison in Santa Rita Do Sapucai, Brazil allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles that power street lights in a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences. In another program, prisons is Brazil offer their prisoners … Continue reading
Candomblé & Reading Spiritual Signs Courtesy of Medeiros
I traveled to Brazil on my twenty-second birthday and Candomblé — admittedly, spirituality in general — was something I tended to dismiss as folkloric and time-wasting before then. I attended a primary Catholic school and have lasting memories of corrupting … Continue reading
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Tagged afro-brazilian, Brasil, Brazil, Candomblé, catholic school, catholicism, christianity, divination, initiation, josé medeiros, macumba, medeiros, ritual, umbanda
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Samba de Viola
Samba de Viola from Playing For Change on Vimeo.
Whitworth Weekending
We were brought in to lead the crowd from the various delights happening in Whitworth Park to mark the first time the Art Gallery closes in 125 years (whilst they build a huge extension to the building) as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Drumming, Manchester
Tagged Art, Brasil, brazilian style, Choreography, creatives, Culture, dance, drum, Manchester, rhythm, samba, Urban, Whitworth Art Gallery
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A rather excellent resource…
A Vic Firth Lesson Series with Scott Kettner from his book, “MARACATU FOR DRUMSET AND PERCUSSION,” available through Hal Leonard Publications. ENTER TO WIN an autographed copy of Scott’s book, American Classic® 5A drumsticks, and Vic Firth High-Fidelity Earplugs! Click … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Carnival, Maracatu
Tagged Brasil, Brazil, brazilian style, Carnaval, Choreography, drum, Urban
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