Brazilian Days (078): March 19

Brazilian Days 078 

March 19

 

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DAY OF:

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Dia da Escola
(School)

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Dia do Diplomata
(Diplomat)

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Dia do Consertador
(Repairman)

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Dia dos Moribundos
(Approaching deaths)

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Dia Mundial do Artesão
(World Handicraft Day)

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Dia do Carpinteiro e Marceneiro
(Carpenter and woordworker)

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Dia do Funcionário Público Municipal
(Municipal Public Servant)

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1953
Death of journalist and writer Graciliano Ramos

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1898
Death of poet Cruz e Sousa

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1534
Birth of padre José de Anchieta

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1870
World premiere of the opera “O Guarani”, by Carlos Gomes, in Scala, Milan.

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1971 
Land slide in São Paulo killed at least 160 people.

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1612
Departure of the French fleet, commanded by Daniel de La Touche, to Brazil

 

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015

 

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Imaging Brazil 175: Orange and Blue in Belo Horizonte, MG (2008)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

175. Orange and blue

DECEMBER 2008: Orange and blue

A large-scale handicraft exhibition has been held at Expominas in Belo Horizonte for more than twenty years. This exhibition – generally held late November, early December – is claimed to be the largest handicraft fair in Southern America. Every year, there is a certain main theme. In 2008 it was ‘Japan’, because the ‘Japan Year’ was celebrated in Brazil that year. An entire pavilion was decorated in the Japanese style, and showed a large collection of Japanese handicraft, food and drinks. However, it was not only Japanese handicraft that was shown at the fair. Handicraft artists from all Brazilian regions had gathered in Belo Horizonte: among others, indigenous handicraft from the Amazon Forest, and handicraft typical for the Northeastern, Western, and Southern Brazil. A large share was from the organizing state: Minas Gerais. The colorful cloths shown in the photograph are from the state’s countryside. 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2016

Brazilian Days (078): March 19

Brazilian Days 078 

March 19

 

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DAY OF:

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Dia da Escola
(School)

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Dia do Diplomata
(Diplomat)

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Dia do Consertador
(Repairman)

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Dia dos Moribundos
(Approaching deaths)

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Dia Mundial do Artesão
(World Handicraft Day)

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Dia do Carpinteiro e Marceneiro
(Carpenter and woordworker)

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Dia do Funcionário Público Municipal
(Municipal Public Servant)

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1953
Death of journalist and writer Graciliano Ramos

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1898
Death of poet Cruz e Sousa

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1534
Birth of padre José de Anchieta

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1870
World premiere of the opera “O Guarani”, by Carlos Gomes, in Scala, Milan.

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1971 
Land slide in São Paulo killed at least 160 people.

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1612
Departure of the French fleet, commanded by Daniel de La Touche, to Brazil

 

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015

 

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Photo Gallery CURITIBA (PR), BRAZIL: Sunday Handicraft Fair – III

The photographs were taken in January 2013, in downtown Curitiba, capital of the Southern Brazilian state of Paraná.
On Sundays, a large handicraft fair (‘Feira Artesanato’) is held, from early in the morning until noon. Hundreds of stands occupy the center and show a wide variety of locally made handicraft.
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General information about CURITIBA

Photo galleries: Sunday Handicraft Fair part one / part two / part three

Other photo galleries of CURITIBA: part one / part two / part three 

Photo Gallery CURITIBA (PR), BRAZIL: Sunday Handicraft Fair – II

The photographs were taken in January 2013, in downtown Curitiba, capital of the Southern Brazilian state of Paraná.
On Sundays, a large handicraft fair (‘Feira Artesanato’) is held, from early in the morning until noon. Hundreds of stands occupy the center and show a wide variety of locally made handicraft.

General information about CURITIBA

Photo galleries: Sunday Handicraft Fair part one / part two / part three

Other photo galleries of CURITIBA: part one / part two / part three 

Photo Gallery CURITIBA (PR), BRAZIL: Sunday Handicraft Fair – I

The photographs were taken in January 2013, in downtown Curitiba, capital of the Southern Brazilian state of Paraná.
On Sundays, a large handicraft fair (‘Feira Artesanato’) is held, from early in the morning until noon. Hundreds of stands occupy the center and show a wide variety of locally made handicraft.

General information about CURITIBA

Photo galleries: Sunday Handicraft Fair part one / part two / part three

Other photo galleries of CURITIBA: part one / part two / part three 

Photo Gallery PONTAL DA BARRA (AL), BRAZIL: Filé Handicraft

Pontal da Barra is a district of the city of Maceió, capital of the tiny Brazilian state of Alagoas. The district is a peninsula that extends from the center of Maceió in southern direction along the margins of Lagoa Mundaú and the Atlantic Ocean. Pontal da Barra appears to be a small village rather than a municipal district. Most men are fishermen, while many women have dedicated themselves to handicraft. The main street in Pontal da Barra hosts dozens of small stores and workshops where these women (and some men!) work and sell their artsy creations. The most common handicraft type that is produced here is called filé, which resembles embroidery, making use of colored cotton fibers. This technique is already more than two centuries old, but only recently, with help of the SEBRAE institution (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas: Brazilian Consolatory Service for Small Enterprises) the handicraft became professionalized. More than one thousand women (often many family members helping each other) obtain their income with filé handicraft. Below are some portraits of handicraft workers and examples of their creations (pictures taken with their permission):

Articles about Pontal da Barra and filé handicraft: part 1 / part 2 / part 3
Article about Maceió (history and tourism, with videos).

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