Amazon Film: Amazonas Film Festival |
Near the muddy waters of the Amazon River, with main events in the city's famous opera house, the Amazonas Film Festival offers a full week-long schedule which includes not only new feature films but short documentaries, videos and workshops.
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New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro: Copacabana Beach |
Some things everyone should experience at least once – damn the physical or emotional barriers. One of those is Réveillon (New Year’s Eve) in Copacabana. Untold numbers of foreigners are conspicuous among the over two million revelers who hit the beach on New Year’s Eve. Everyone shares the dream – irrespective of race, gender or political orientation.
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Biennial Festival of Brazilian Contemporary Music 2005 |
During this year’s edition of the Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea, younger composers, in their twenties and thirties, were prominent on the stage and in the audiences. Read reviews of the “ten full-to-bursting evening concerts” by musician and critic Tom Moore.
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Paraty International Literary Festival: Gringo Writers FLIP Out |
Travel with Ian McEwan to an exotic place, meet interesting people and have your picture shot by Brazilian photographers walking backwards through the streets ahead of you.
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Sao Paulo Biennial of Art |
During over half a century of sometimes-euphoric ups and inevitable downs, the Bienal has served as the principle point of contact between the international and Brazilian art worlds. The 26th São Paulo Bienal opens on September 25 and will occupy the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion in Ibirapuera park until December 19. Read about some of the event’s history.
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Reveillon: New Year's Eve With Iemanjá |
The practice of offering white roses, jewelry, and sweets to Iemanjá is as widespread in Rio de Janeiro as is our custom of leaving a plate of cookies for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Ano Novo, also called Reveillon, is the second largest festival in Brazil, attracting between 2 and 3 million people to Rio's beaches every year. While Brazil's biggest festival, Carnival is well known around the world, Reveillon has not received much publicity outside South America.
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