May-2015
The coastal Amazon still preserves some of its traits on the beach of Oiteiros, on the western shores of Maranhão, through its flora and the abundance of species in its banks and pools, as well as through the habits of its people, in the slow time that spreads lazily over the hot hours. It also […]
May-2015
The coastal Amazon still preserves some of its traits on the beach of Oiteiros, on the western shores of Maranhão, through its flora and the abundance of species in its banks and pools, as well as through the habits of its people, in the slow time that spreads lazily over the hot hours. It also […]
May-2015
“I think they think we don’t know anything,” he said when I asked him why adults today always say that children don’t know how to play anymore. “What a strange question” he must have thought. Carlinhos has no doubts about what he knows, he simply acts, not giving up the chance to live in silence. […]
May-2015
The roar comes from a distance, and has been heard since long ago. A good cart has to roar, has to make itself heard. For generations the Cururupu region has been marked by the power of these carts made of iron and wood, pulled by the traction of two oxen. Cheda, canga, paré, rodeiro, canzil, […]
May-2015
Our friend and expert on the Bumba meu Boi game, Prof. Dr. Soraia Chung Saura, visited us here in Maranhão and she gifted us with beautiful descriptions of her visit: Finally, on the 28th, we got ready to follow “Saint Peter,” as this festivity is called. Now the groups no longer split into fairs around […]
May-2015
Our friend and expert on the Bumba meu Boi game, Prof. Dr. Soraia Chung Saura, visited us here in Maranhão and she gifted us with beautiful descriptions of her visit: I don’t think we had entirely recovered from Saint John and Saint Peter when we decided to see the celebrations of Saint Marçal, on July […]
May-2015
Our friend and expert on the Bumba meu Boi game, Prof. Dr. Soraia Chung Saura, visited us here in Maranhão and she gifted us with beautiful descriptions of her visit: “First admire, then you will understand.” Gaston Bachelard The family is now wandering through Maranhão, arriving just before the June festivities. This time they settle […]
