Monday, May 11, 2015

The Brazilian folklore

The Brazilian folklore is the social face and identity of a vast population of Brazilian citizens, each having its own history, and their own cultural references.
The folklore includes myths, legends, folk tales, rites and religious and social ceremonies, jokes, sayings, riddles, revenues from food, the clothing styles and decorations, prayers, curses, incantations, oaths, swearing, dancing, singing, slang last names of people and places, challenges, greetings, farewells, tongue twisters, parties, performances, a gesture associated with oral intercom, crafts, folk medicine, the motives of embroidery, instrumental music, lullabies and wheel, and even even ways to create, call and give commands to animals.

A lundu in 1835, recorded by Rugendas

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