Quem nasce lá na Vila
nem sequer vacila
Ao abraçar o samba
que faz dançar os galhos
do arvoredo e faz a lua
nascer mais cedo
Lá, em Vila Isabel
quem é bacharel
Não tem medo de bamba
São Paulo dá café
Minas dá leite
e a Vila Isabel dá samba
Today, I’m going to talk about Brazil, specifically, Rio de Janeiro, la cidade maravilhosa.
First, we are going to do a route across the more important touristic sites.
-Copacabana: The most famous beach. It is fantastic! People of the all the world, samba on live, açai -more in the typical foods-, white sand and cool water over 40 degrees.
-Escadaria do Selaron: This staircase is well known because it is made with a mosaic of bright colors such as red, yellow, green... This staircase connects two districts, at the beginning this La Lapa and when you go up there is the Santa Teresa district.
La Lapa is a bohemian district of the center with more typical pubs to dance all the typical dances of Rio. Forro is danced in the pubs like Estudiantina Musical, Os Democraticos, or Leviano.
Funk...
Funky de favela...
But, now is Carnival! We are going to enjoy the parties in the streets with Os Blocos, the future samba schools that want to be able to parade in the Sambódromo but now they belong to the school category. They have to be known in order to have more partners and they do it doing parties in the streets during all the carnival.
Watching parade with the music at full volume and the skin bristles is an unforgettable experience and how we dance so much, walk and have fun, we're very hungry. Let's taste typical and delicious meals of Rio!
Carol Bean with Portela in Venetian style in 2015 |
When you have eaten the plate the custom is to eat a slice of orange, since it lowers all the fat from the mouth and throat and to drink a caipirinha. All this, we will eat in one of the samba schools while we are listening to samba on live and the carnival is celebrated.
-Angu: Corn flour and various meats -liver, sausage, rib...- with beer in the angu does Gomes, the most typical bar where all the sambistas go to recover their strength to continue with the party, but if we want to eat something fast, at every step on the street we will find a good barbecue with meat skewers.
Well, time to enjoy has come!
Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks.
Gisele Bundchen
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