SALVADOR, Brazil — On Sunday at noon, some 15,000 people were mustered for a parade at Campo Grande, Salvador’s Central Park — part of the annual six-day carnaval here that ended on Tuesday. This parade was a show of solidarity: the first massed public performance of the city’s blocos afro, the Afro-Brazilian drum groups that [...]
Brazilian Artist Bel Borba Given 30-Day Free Reign to Use NYC as His Canvas – Video
September 19, 2012 | Posted by
It was an odd sight for an industrial street in the Ridgewood section of Queens, so of course the delivery-truck drivers, the workers from nearby manufacturing plants and other curious passers-by felt compelled to stop, look and ask questions. On the maroon-colored external wall of a furniture factory, the Brazilian artist Bel Borba was busy [...]
Bahia’s Unique Cultural Heritage of Blended Yoruba, Catholic Rituals
August 18, 2012 | Posted by
Bahia, in Northeastern Brazil, is known for its abundance of Afro-Brazilian rituals which blend elements from Catholicism and Candomblé – a religion with Yoruba origins brought to Brazil by African slaves. One of the most important events in the state’s Afro-religious calendar is the Feast of Good Death (Festa da Boa Morte), which takes place [...]
