Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Brazilian Culture!


Hi! we have chosen another topic to talk about in our blog! Brazilian culture is a theme that is always present! It’s very difficult to talk about it because Brazilian culture is very diverse, so we’ll present to you some interesting points of some parts of Brazil!

We are going to talk in particular about some cultural aspects of the northeastern and southern of Brazil!
First, as we had spoken before, we'll talk about northeastern culture! we will point the music, dance and cooking.

In music, we can point a few paces as xaxado, forró, axé, and Frevo, and these rhythms are very typical of the region! In dance, beyond the rhythms mentioned before we include also some folk dances representing the cultural heritage, and are very nice!

Now, as we had said, we're going to talk about southern culture!

The north and south were chosen because they are very different!

We’ll point, again, cooking and dancing!

The Southern culture is very rich and varied, it received influences of many people as Italians, Germans and Poles ...
In cooking, there are mainly two things that should be pointed; the famous southern meat and also the “chimarrão” that is typical of the south and is not very common anywhere else in Brazil!

In the dance, we'll point the names of some dances and typical presentations. The dancing is very different from the north, and are very traditional! some names are Pau-de-tapes, and Balainha Fandango!

Tha’s it! We try to present some small areas of a part of the culture of our country that we do not have much contact! We hope you enjoyed! thanks!

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

A big succes !


Now, we will going to talk about the iPad, the new release of Apple ! In just two months, 2 millions unit sold in USA.It arrived in nine countries.But maybe the iPad don't arrive to Brazil in 2010 because of a dispute by the brand's name here. It sold from $ 499 dollars.The iPad is a tablet between the iPhone and the smartphone. It is efficient, easy to handle and is very elegant. The size of the display easier to read (about 20x24 cm) and the weight facilitates transport (just 680 g). IPad is more sensitive to the touch than iPhone.product that combines computer, video games, music and video player and digital book was presented by the founder-
Steve Jobs- as "magic" and "revolutionary".

Fonte:
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Tecnologia/0,,MUL1465371-6174,00-APPLE+APRESENTA+IPAD+PRANCHETA+DIGITAL+COM+ACESSO+A+INTERNET.html
http://www.notebookbarato.net/2010/06/01/ipad-ja-vendeu-2-milhoes-de-unidades-em-2-meses/
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad
Revista Veja Edição2159 Ano 43 nº14 ;p.88 e 89

Minas Gerais's Progressive Rock

Belo Horizonte is the capital of the genuine rock in Brazil.

Do you now??

Since the 70's Minas Gerais is the one of the best places to play rock in Brazil!

Names like 14 Bis,Hocus Pocus,Marco Antônio Araújo and Uakti had made a lot of success in this decade.

But,in a style,Belo Horizonte is the best...Progressive Rock!!!

The Progressive Rock is a genre of rock that mixes some styles,like Blues,Country,Folk,Classical,Jazz and world music.

One of the first ones is the group Saecula Saeculorum,formed for the violinist Marcus Viana.

Following this line we have the band Sagrado Coração da Terra that made a singular song with violins,flutes and nature songs,formed by the same Marcus Viana.

But,the focus of our article are the actual bands...

Actually the band Cartoon(formed in 1995) mixes rock,indian music,blues,country,folk, jazz and makes a great song.The band is "known" by tell histories,like the history of the "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" in this second album,Bigorna.



The group Somba says that is the first jam band of Brazil. Jam Band are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture that originated with the 1960's.They says that they are unexpected,mixing Clube da Esquina,Rock and Progressive Rock..




And finally,we have the exceptional band Cálix formed in 1996 that mixes folk,blues,classic,MPB,rock played with guitar,eletric guitar,transversal flute and mandolin,orchestra and great musicians..





We expected that you have liked of our tips..

Enjoy!