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FEEL
THE VIBE

In the heat of the night in Pará, after a day of work under the inclement conditions of the Amazon, people gather in the streets to play and dance the carimbó.

Women with huge full skirts generate wind as they pass. Men wear straw hats, no longer to protect their heads from the sun, but to compose the choreography. Artificial flowers decorate the environment: on the tables and on the girls' heads.

A great complicity unites each couple in the circular dance. Flowers decorate the environment: on tablecloths and table decorations, on skirts and on the girls' heads.

The songs speak especially of the fauna and flora of the Amazon region and the daily work in fishing and agriculture.

Curimbós. Maracas. thousands. Banjo. Flute. Triangle. Reco-reco. Jaguar barrel.

Heat. Movement. Rhythm. Happiness. Animation.

Only those who have seen it know that you can not leave a  roda de carimbó feeling sad.

SINTA-SE LA
FOTOS

PHOTOS

VERSINHOS
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MYTHOLOGY

Yemanja drowns her lovers in the sea

 

Yemanja is the owner of rare beauty and, as such, a capricious woman with extravagant appetites.

She once left her abode in the depths of the sea and came to earth in search of the pleasure of the flesh.

She found a handsome young fisherman and took him to her liquid bed of love. Theire bodies had known all the delights of the encounter, but the fisherman was only a human and had drowned in his lover's arms. When dawn came, Yemanja returned the body to the beach.

And so it always happens, every night, when Yemanja Conlá is enchanted by the fishermen who go out in their boats and rafts to work.

She takes the chosen one to the bottom of the sea and lets herself be possessed. Then she brings him back, lifeless, to the sand.

The brides and wives run to the beach early, waiting for the return of their men who went to sea, begging Iemanjá to let them return alive. They take many gifts, flowers, mirrors and perfumes to the sea, so that Yemanja always sends lots of fish and lets the fishermen live.

 

Source: Book Mythology of the Orixás by Reginaldo Prandi

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FLAVORS

Coconut Manjar for Yemanja

 

Ingredients:

1 can of condensed milk

2 cans (the same measure of condensed milk) of whole milk

4 tablespoons of corn starch

1 glass of coconut milk

150 g fresh grated coconut

 

Preparing:

Bring the condensed milk, milk and starch to medium heat and stir constantly;

When it's cooked, already thick, add the coconut milk and grated coconut, stir for another 2 minutes.

Remove from heat, place in a wet hole shape and refrigerate.

For you, serve with the syrup of your choice: black plums, burnt sugar, red fruits.

For Yemanja, do not add syrup and serve over a banana leaf.

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SABORES

MYTHOLOGY

FOGUEIRAS

FOGUEIRAS
ONDE FICA

WHERE IS IT?

Cabaceiras (PB)

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