A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
303: Praia da Estação
In contrast to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Recife and Salvador, Belo Horizonte has no carnival tradition. For a long time, the time has been known as the place to go when you want to escape from carnival activities. More recently, the city has invested a lot in the development of carnival, including carnival parades. In 2010, a pre-carnival activity was created with the intention of better use of public areas in Belo Horizonte. The large, refurbished square in front of the railway station, Praça (square) da Estação, was renamed into Praia (beach) da Estação. Mainly students gathered during some Saturdays to enjoy the warm and sunny January days. They brought their beach towels, sunburn cream, and beer. A number of street carnival groups (‘blocos’) played there too. Some members of a percussion group are seen on the photo.
(Folklore). The term folklore (folk (folk) + lore (knowledge)) was introduced on August 22, 1846, by the Englishman William John Thoms (1803-1855). As an expert of European culture, Thoms had published an article with the title “Folk-lore”. Folklore may be described as the collection of predominantly cultural happenings, stories, and rituals, as used by a certain group of people. The day of the folklore was introduced in 1965.
William Thoms
A brief overview of Brazilian folklore (per region), which has influences from indian, African, and European cultures.
Southern region: Dance: congada, cateretê, baião, chula, chimarrita, jardineira, marujada. Feasts: Nossa Senhora dos Navegadores, in Porto Alegre; da Uva, in Caxias do Sul; da Cerveja, in Blumenau; festas juninas; rodeios. Legends: Negrinho do Pastoreio, do Sapé, Tiaracaju do Boitatá, do Boiguaçú, do Curupira, do Saci-Pererê. Dishes: churrasco, arroz-de-carreteiro, feijoada, fervido. Drinks: chimarrão, with erva-mate.
Southeastern region: Dance: fandango, folia de reis, catira and batuque. Legends: Lobisomem, Mula-sem-cabeça, Iara, Lagoa Santa. Dishes: tutu de feijão, feijoada, lingüiça, carne de porco. Handicraft: trabalhos in pedra-sabão, colchas, bordados, and trabalhos in cerâmica.
Southwestern region: Dance: tapiocas, congada, reisado, folia de reis, cururu and tambor. Feasts: carvalhada, tourada, festas juninas. Legends: pé-de-garrafa, Lobisomem, Saci-Pererê, Ramãozinho. Dishes: arroz de carreteiro, mandioca, peixes.
Northeastern region: Dance: frevo, bumba-meu-boi, maracatu, baião, capoeira, caboclinhos, bambolê, congada, carvalhada and cirandas. Feasts: Senhor do Bonfim, Nossa. Senhora da Conceição, Iemanjá, in Bahia; Missa do Vaqueiro, Paixão de Cristo, in Pernambuco; romarias (pilgrimages) – in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará.
Northern region: Dance: marujada, carimbó, boi-bumbá, ciranda. Feasts: Círio de Nazaré (Belém), indígenas. Handicraft: cerâmica marajoara, máscaras indígenas, artigos feitos in palha. Legends: Sumaré, Iara, Curupira, da Vitória-régia, Mandioca, Uirapuru. Dishes: caldeirada de tucunaré, tacacá, tapioca, prato no tucupi .
BRAZILIAN FOLKLORE
‘What is Brazilian Folklore?’
Cortejo Cultural – Dia do Folclore (Pará)
FOLCLORE BRASILEIRO (Danças Brasileiras)
FOLCLORE BRASILEIRO (Bacamarteiros)
FOLCLORE – FOLIA-DE-REIS (01)
FOLCLORE – FOLIA-DE-REIS (02)
FOLCLORE – Banda de CONGO (Danças Brasileiras)
SALA DOS MILAGRES – João Pessoa-PB
Dia do Excepcional
(People with a mental disability). Included arechildren and adultswith a mental disability, sensoric disability, communicative or behavioral disturbances, or a combination of those, or severe brain disorders. In this case deaf, deaf-mute, and blind people, autistic, but also people gifted with extraordinary intelligence, and patients with the Syndrome of Down. The Federation of APAEs(Associação dos Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais; Association of parents and friends of persons with a mental disorder) organizes every year, during one week in which the Dia do Excepcional is, a week of extra attention for the wellness of people with a mental disability. Theme for 2007 was:
“Participação e Autogestão: em busca da igualdade de oportunidades”
(Integration and independence: looking for equal opportunities)
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
FENAPAES – Video para internet
hino do excepcional
Comercial Inclusão Social – Pessoa com Deficiência
DEFICIÊNCIAS – MARIO QUINTANA
Dia do Supervisor de Educação
(Educational pedagogue). Local and regional governments organize gatherings and activities for the educational pedagogues.
SUPERVISOR DE EDUCAÇÃO
Homenagem ao dia do Supervisor Educacional
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1976 Former president Juscelino Kubitschek died in a car crash.
Jota Ká, the initials of one of the most popular presidents of Brazil: Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira(1902-1976). He was born in the historical town of Diamantina, in Minas Gerais. Juscelino was sent to a seminary, but did not meet his convocation there. He moved to Belo Horizonte, to work as a telegraphist, and to study Medicine at night. Juscelino graduated in 1927, got married in 1931, and started his political career in 1933. In 1935, he gained a seat in the parliament. In 1940, Juscelino was proposed as prefeito (major) of the city of Belo Horizonte. He initially refused – he preferred to continue his medical profession -, but was then appointed by decree. During his government, the large avenidas and the artificial lake Pampulha were constructed. In 1945, when Vargas was put aside as Brazilian president, political purges were held, and also Juscelino had to resign. He was elected Brazilian president in 1955, and he came into office in 1956. Juscelino took the initiative to create the new capital of Brazil: Brasília. Already in 1960, the new capital was inaugurated. However, Juscelino was defeated by Jânio Quadros during the presidential elections in 1960. His vice president was João Goulart, who was Juscelinos vice president during his government. Quadros resigned in 1961, Goulart was his successor. Goulart was put aside by a military coup in 1964. The military junta blocked all political activities for the popular Kubitschek for a period of ten years. Juscelino moved to Europe, where he stayed in France and Portugal until 1967. One year later, he ended his political career, and started to run a farm. In 1976, he was killed in a car accident at Dutre, near Resende in the state of Rio de Janeiro. There are still serious doubts of the real cause of the road accident, strengthened by a message that was published two weeks before the accident, that Juscelino would die in a car crash. More than 30 thousand mourners witnessed his funeral in Brasília. TV channel Globo produced a tv series about his life: ‘JK’. In May 2012, the Comissão da Verdade, responsible for the investigation of the crimes committed during the dictatorship (1964-1985), is planning to re-investigate the exact cause of the car accident.
“Cinquenta anos em cinco”
Motto of JK
JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK
Juscelino Kubitschek – Série “Construtores do Brasil”
Brasilia: a construção de um sonho
JB – 22 de agosto de 1976 –
JK morre em acidente de carro
Entrevista a Juscelino Kubitschek
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 1)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 2)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 3)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 4)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 5)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 6)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 7)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 8)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
(parte 9)
Minisserie JK – Ultimo Capitulo –
Parte 1/5
Minisserie JK – Ultimo Capitulo –
Parte 2/5
Minisserie JK – Ultimo Capitulo –
Parte 3/5
Minisserie JK – Ultimo Capitulo –
Parte 4/5
Minisserie JK – Ultimo Capitulo –
Parte 5/5
The JK Era
1956 – POSSE DE JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK
1942 Brazil declared war to the nations of the Axis: Germany and Italy. “Não há como negar que Alemanha e Itália praticaram contra o Brasil atos de guerra, criando a situação de beligerancia”
(Brazilian Day of Habitat). it is only about 4000 years ago, that our primitive ancestors constructed their first dwellings of stone, clay or wood. This evolution accelerated significantly, to the actual skyscrapers (arranha-ceús). Also Brazil has to deal with a structural shortage of houses for its population. The migration from the poor northeastern regions to the richer southeastern and southern regions has resulted in uncontrolled construction of the so-called favelas at the margins of the major cities. It is estimated that at least 6.6 million houses are needed, in order to provide all Brazilians comfortable shelter. This shortage will even increase, now more Brazilians are starting to live alone. The UN-Day of the Habitat is on the first Monday of October.
Dia Nacional do Catecismo
(Catechism). Today is the day of death (1914) and feast day of pope Pius X, a fervent supporter of the study of catechism.
CATECHISM
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 01
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 02
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 03
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 04
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 05
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 06
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 07
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 08
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 09
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 10
Catecismo da Igreja Católica –
parte 11
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1823 Death of Maria Quitéria de Jesus Medeiros,
Brazilian hero and first female soldier. Read more about her in Brazilian Days 232.
1972 Brazil welcomed the 100 millionth inhabitant.
According to the census of 2010, Brazil counted a little more than 190 million inhabitants.
no dia 21/8/2007 Somos agora no Brasil: 186.942.463 habitantes.
no dia 29/04/2011 Somos agora no Brasil: 190.755.799 habitantes.
2001 Abduction of the daughter of TV presenter Silvio Santos, Patrícia Abravanel (24).
She was abducted at a Tuesday morning, when she was on the way to the university, where she studied Administrative Sciences. Seven days later, she was freed, after the payment of ransom. At present she is a vicar. The leader of the abductors, Fernando Dutra Pinto, then 22 years old, died under natural circumstances, six months later.
ABDUCTION PATRÍCIA ABRAVANEL
O sequestro de Silvio Santos e Patricia Abravanel (2001)
Jornal Nacional – Filha de Silvio Santos Sequestrada
Testemunho Patricia Abravanel sequestro: “Existe sim um Deus”
Silvio Santos fala sobre o fim do sequestro de sua Filha
1989 Death of singer Raul Seixas (1945-1989)
Raul Santos Seixas was born in Salvador. His first encounter with student life as a teenager was quite problematic. He was more interested in rock music, and was expelled from school. At another school, he started to gain interest in literature, but kept on hating school. In order to continue his relationship with Edith, he finished his high school and was admitted to the university. He married Edith. (He was married five times). Raul then created his rock group ‘Raulzito e os Panteras ‘ and quickly gained local fame. They played covers of The Beatles, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, added with some own music. He was advised to move to the southeast, but did not manage to gain more fame with his band. Raul, fluent in English, became an English teacher and started to work as a producer at CBS Records. From 1971, he started to produce his own music, which is characterized by a mix of Tropicalia, Rock ‘n Roll, and surrealistic experimental music. As was the case with many musicians of that time, his music was heavily censored. As a reaction, Raul gave his lyrics double meanings. In 1989, Raul died of a cardiac arrest, due to acute pancreatitis. He is now considered as the ‘Pai do Rock Brasil’, the father of Brazilian rock music. A number of posthumous albums were released, which became successful too. It has become some kind of a habit to shout ‘Toca Raul!’ (Play Raul) at any concert in Brazil.
RAUL SEIXAS
RAUL SEIXAS NO PROGRAMA DO JÔ SOARES ( A ULTIMA ENTREVISTA)
Raul Seixas – Filme Ritmo Alucinante
Por Toda a Minha Vida – Raul Seixas
Raul Seixas – O início o fim e o meio (Fantástico)
Raul seixas –
O Trem das Sete
Raul seixas –
O Dia Em Que A Terra Parou
21/08/1989 o fim de raul seixas e o velorio
1898 Foundation of rowing club Vasco da Gama.
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, that is the official name for the rowing – and later soccer – club in Rio de Janeiro. On August 21, 1898 62 young men from Portuguese lineage gathered to found the rowing club:
“Aos 21 dias do mes de agosto de 1898, as 2:30 horas da tarde, reunidos na sala do predio da Rua da Saude numero 293 os senhores constantes do livro de presencas, assumiu a presidencia o Sr. Gaspar de Castro e depois de convidar para ocuparem as cadeiras de secretarios os senhores Virgilio Carvalho do Amaral como 1o. e Henrique Ferreira como 2o., declarou que a presente reuniao tinha o fito de fundar-se nesta Capital da Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brasil, uma associacao com o titulo de Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (…)”
As a symbol, a shield was selected with a caravel on it, with a red Maltese cross (in fact a Cruz Patée!) on its white sail, referring to the Portuguese vessels during the era of the discoveries. In 1913, a soccer team arrived from Lisbon, as invited by soccer club Botafogo. A group of Portuguese migrants became inspired to found their own soccer club: Lusitania Sport Club. This club was later linked to Vasco da Gama. Only at the end of 1915, the soccer team played its first match as a club. A few years later, the club was invited to join the state competition. Vasco managed to become national champion in 1974, 1989, 1997 and 2000. Vasco won the Libertadores two times, in 1948, and in 1998. In 1953 and in 1957, Vasco won the World Tournament for Club teams. Famous names are Ademir, Vavá, Bebeto, and Romário. Dutch swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist Inge de Bruin was contracted by Vasco in 2000.
Winners of the Libertadores Cup in 1948 (l) and 1998 (r)
(Freemason). According to the dictionary of Freemasonry, the actual Freemasonry was founded in London, on June 24, 1717. The origin of the word – maçom in Portuguese, maçon in French, Metz in German – is to be traced back in the work of mason. The origin of freemasonry is found in the legends of Isis and Osiris in the Egyptian Era. In addition, roots of freemasonry are to be found in the Order of the Templar and the Brotherhood of the Rosary. In 1723, the Anglican vicar James Anderson published the constitution that now still is considered as the basis of freemasonry. The date of August 20 is not random, but in fact also not the exact date: It was predicted that on the 20th day of the sixth masonic month of masonic year 5822, the independence of Brazil would be declared by Freemasons. The masonic year has 4000 years difference with the Gregorian calendar. However, there is a deviation of 20 days in 4000 years time, the predicted date should then be September 9. Freemasons Dom Pedro I and José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva were the architects of the independence of Brazil, on September 7, 1822. The day of August 20 was maintained as the Dia do Maçom.
FREEMASONRY
History of Freemasonry Part 1
History of Freemasonry Part 2
History of Freemasonry Part 3
History of Freemasonry Part 4
History of Freemasonry Part 5
History of Freemasonry Part 6
Freemason Symbols and Secrets:
Part 1
Freemason Symbols and Secrets:
Part 2
História da Maçonaria no Brasil-Parte-1
História da Maçonaria no Brasil-Parte-2
Freemasons Ritual Video
Secret History of the Freemasons
Dia do Vizinho
(Neighbors). This day has been introduced by Cora Coralina (see below), in Goiãs in 1977, to honor her helpful neighbors. There were attempts to have this day on the national calendar. But there is already a Dia do Vizinho, on December 23…
Ana Lins do Guimarães Peixoto Brêtas, her genuine name, was born in the state of Goiás. Already at the age of 14, Cora wrote her first poem: Tragédia da Roça. She escaped her parental house in 1911, and moved to São Paulo. There she married her beloved, in 1926. He died in 1934. In 1956, Cora returned to Goiás, where she dedicated herself to write poetry about life in general, and the things around her. Another famous poet, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, was a great admirer of her work.
CORA CORALINA
Documentário Cora Coralina
120 anos de Cora Coralina-
Repórter Assembleia
Cora Coralina (1/2) – De Lá Pra Cá
Cora Coralina (2/2) – De Lá Pra Cá
Cora Coralina – TV integração
Canal 11 – Alto Araguaia-MT
Cora Coralina, O Chamado das Pedras
Poeminha Amoroso – Cora Coralina
Não sei – Cora Coralina
POEMINHA AMOROSO
Este é um poema de amor tão meigo, tão terno, tão teu… É uma oferenda aos teus momentos de luta e de brisa e de céu… E eu, quero te servir a poesia numa concha azul do mar ou numa cesta de flores do campo. Talvez tu possas entender o meu amor. Mas se isso não acontecer, não importa. Já está declarado e estampado nas linhas e entrelinhas deste pequeno poema, o verso; o tão famoso e inesperado verso que te deixará pasmo, surpreso, perplexo… eu te amo, perdoa-me, eu te amo…”
1823 Hero Maria Quitéria decorated with the Imperial Ordem do Cruzeiro.
Maria Quitéria de Jesus Medeiros(±1792 – 1853) was born near the Bahian city of Feira de Santana. She lost her mother at early age, she never entered school. She learned horse riding, hunting, and the use of fire arms at the fazenda. She enlisted the Brazilian army by pretending to be a man. He used some kind of a Scottish skirt over her uniform. She participated in battles, and even managed to survive an ambush and capture the Portuguese soldiers. Maria was hailed as a hero in Salvador, she received the imperial decorations on August 20. After this, she married and had a daughter. Her husband died early, Maria died at the age of 61, completely forgotten, in Salvador in August 1853.
“Querendo conceder a D. Maria Quitéria de Jesus o distintivo que assinala os Serviços Militares que com denodo raro, entre as mais do seu sexo, prestara à Causa da Independência deste Império, na porfiosa restauração da Capital da Bahia, hei de permitir-lhe o uso da insígnia de Cavaleiro da Ordem Imperial do Cruzeiro“.
MARIA QUITÉRIA
MARIA QUITÉRIA: A MULHER NA HISTÓRIA
Construtores Brasil – Maria Quitéria
1779 Birth of Frei Caneca.
Frei Joaquim do Amor Divino Caneca was born in Recife, under the name Joaquim da Silva Rabelo. His father produced barrels and cans, hence his nickname ‘Caneca’. At the age of 17, Joaquim became carmelite, and named himself Joaquim do Amor Divino Caneca, five years later. Joaquim was one of greatest literary thinkers at the time of the Brazilian independence. He was one of the thriving forces behind the Confederação do Equador, an alliance of some northeastern states against the imperial dominance. In 1825, Frei Caneca was condemned to death. He was not hung (three different men refused this ‘work’), but he was shot, in Fort das Cinco Pontas, Recife.
1990 Commercial activities permitted (at limited scale) on Sundays, by decree.
One year later, this decree was recalled, and reintroduced again in 1992. Five years later the decree became elaborated, to the introduction of the law in 2000, which officially allowed commercial activities on Sundays.
(Actor). Besides this Dia do Ator, also the Dia do Ator Profissional, the professional actor, exists, on March 27.
Dia do Artista de Teatro
(Theater artist)
Dia Nacional da Aviação Agrícola
(Brazilian Day of Agricultural Aviation). To keep control of the enormous areas of cropland, water lands, and forest, airplanes are essential. On August 19, 1947, Clóvis Candiota(patron of agricultural aviation since 1989) started the first agricultural flight from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. This day was introduced by lawin 1989.
Dia do Pernambuco
(Pernambuco). Introduced in 2006. See below.
PERNAMBUCO
Pernambuco. É só Chegar.
Pernambuco – Brazil (English)
Dicionário de pernambuquês
Belezas de Pernambuco
Pernambuco Turismo
SER PERNAMBUCANO É
Pernambuco, um pedacinho do Brasil
Dia Mundial do Fotógrafo e da Fotografia
(World day of the photographer and photography). On August 19, 1839, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Académie des Sciences and the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the secrets of the first photographic images were revealed by the romantic painter and engraver Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre(1787-1851). Already in January that year, his works were shown: still life of famous locations in Paris, made on a copper sheet, with a layer of polished silver leaf, he so-called daguerréotype. Unfortunately, a great fire in his laboratory destroyed a great part of it: his inventions and notes. Only 25 Daguerréotypes were saved. (See for explanatory video).
2003 Death of UN representative Sérgio Vieira de Mello (1948-2003) in Baghdad (Iraq).
Sérgio studied philosophy in Paris. During his studies, he started to work for the United Nations. Since 1981, Sérgio was a rising star. He then became chief adviser of the UN missions, in Cambodia, Rwanda, Kosovo, East Timor, and became High Commissioner of Refugees in 2002; In 2002, Sérgio became special representative in Baghdad, upon personal request of his chief Kofi Annan. Together with Sérgio, more 22 UN workers were killed in a bomb attack.
SÉRGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO
Sergio Vieira de Mello –
In memory of…
SERGIO – Trailer #2
1849 Birth of Joaquim Nabuco (1849-1910).
Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo studied law in São Paulo, and continued in Recife. In 1869, he wrote “A escravidão (the slavery)”. There was a lot of commotion when Joaquim defended a black slave, who had killed his master. In 1872, his first book was published: Camões e os Lusíadas. As an elected representative, he defended the rights of the Indians, he condemned the exploration of the Xingú area, and opposed against the arrival of Chinese as substitutes of slaves at the plantations. He named this substitution the ‘Mongolization of our Country‘. Joaquim battled bitterly for the abolition of slavery, until the abolition of it in 1888. In 1869, he was one of the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Literature, and was named as secretary for life. Joaquim also was involved in the dispute of the partition of British Guyana, considered as a defeat for Brazil. He worked as a diplomat in London, and became the first Brazilian ambassador in the United States. He died there, after a long sickbed. Since 2006, his birth date is called the Dia do Pernambuco, thanks to his efforts for this state.
JOAQUIM NABUCO
Joaquim Nabuco (1/4) – De Lá Pra Cá
Joaquim Nabuco (2/4) – De Lá Pra Cá
Joaquim Nabuco (3/4) – De Lá Pra Cá
Joaquim Nabuco (4/4) – De Lá Pra Cá
Diálogo com Joaquim Nabuco
1981 First broadcast of Brazilian TV channel SBT.
SBT, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, was founded in 1981, by the very popular presenter Silvio Santos. Silvio (1930, his real name is Senor Abravanel, son of Greek-Turkish migrants) presents, for almost fifty (!) years, a broad scale of TV programs, presumably amusement and family games. his nickname is therefore “O mensageira da alegria, the messenger of the laugh“. The first broadcast of SBT was the registration of the signing ceremony of the contract by Silvio and Brazilian president Ernesto Geisel. SBT suffered losses in the first decade of its existence, despite the growth of its market share. At present SBT claims to be watched by one quarter of Brazilian TV watchers. Almost no one has to be afraid to miss any second of the SBT programs, since the more than 100 satellite dishes guarantee a nationwide coverage of almost 100 percent.
Some curiosities about Silvio:despite his age of 80, he always gets up at six, and does his daily gymnastic routine. Thanks to two plastic surgeries (the most recent dates from 2005), his appearance is much younger. He frequently uses UV treatments, has his hair dyed every two weeks. He is very rich, his personal income is calculated to be 15 million reais per year. SBT has a value of about 1 to 1.5 billion reais, but Silvio only wants to sell his jewel for 2 billion. Besides TV activities, Silvio’s company also is holding a bank, insurances, leasing activities, and credit card administration. Silvio is very popular in Brazil. A poll in 1988 demonstrated that he would have won the presidential elections, if he had be one of the candidates. One year later, he became presidential candidate, but an administrative error blocked his candidacy. Personal drama for Silvio was the sequestration of Silvio and his family in 2001.
SBT
Nascimento do SBT no dia 19 de Agosto de 1981
Homenagem Silvio Santos 80 Anos
Conheça a Próxima Dona do SBT – Patrícia Abravanel
1888 Death of writer, lawyer, journalist, dramaturge, and politician Franklin Távora (1842-1888).
João Franklin da Silveira Távora was born in the state of Ceará; He moved to Fortaleza, then to Goiânia, and Recife, where he stayed until 1874. He graduated in law. After his graduation, he started to work as a secretary for the province, and later for Brazil. He also was a productive journalist, writing in two newspapers. Already as a student, Franklin started to write literature. His works reflect the transition phase between Romanticism and Realism. His most important works are: Três Lágrimas, drama (1870), O Cabeleira, novel (1876); O Matuto, chronicle (1878). He also wrote under his pseudonyms Semprônio and Farisvest. Franklin founded the Associação dos Homens de Letras, and was linked to the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro. In 1888, Frankin died, disillusioned (he burnt his final unpublished manuscripts), and in absolute poverty in Rio de Janeiro.
FRANKLIN TÁVORA
O Cabeleira (Arceburgo1963)
O Cabeleira (Franklin Távora)
Romance Regional
1942 The people of Brazil demanded the government to declare war to the Axis (Germany and Italy).
When German and Italian submarines destroyed Brazilian vessels, and thereby killing hundreds of Brazilians, the demand for declaring war to these nations grew. Four days later, Brazil formally declared war to Germany and Italy.
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
302: Igreja Matriz
Aquidauana is a very large municipality (slightly more than half of the country’s territory of Belgium), at about 140 km west of Campo Grande, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul. The first non-indigineous inhabitants were soldiers of the Brazilian empire who settled in this region after the defeat of Paraguay in the bloody Paraguayan War (1864-1870). One of the most striking buildings in Aquidauana is undoubtedly the Igreja Matriz, full: Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception). This church, built in 1930, is clearly inspired upon Gothic architecture. The rear of this church is visible on the picture, with the two towers in the background.
