Imaging Brazil 409: Couple Dancing Quadrilha Dance in Belo Horizonte, MG (2013)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

409: Couple dancing quadrilha

 

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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017

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IMAGES OF BRAZIL: SELEXION 2014 – 046

A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.

Part 46:
São Luís (MA) – Young participant at Bumba-meu-boi
São Luís (MA) – Creole dance
São Luís (MA) – Young participant at Bumba-meu-boi

São Luís (MA) – Young participant at Bumba-meu-boi

São Luís (MA) – Creole dance

São Luís (MA) – Young participant at Bumba-meu-boi

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017

Imaging Brazil 290: Traditional Firewood Stove in Santa Luzia, MG (2010)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

290: Firewood stove

In Brazil, Festas Juninas – June parties – are celebrated in June. These festivals honor Saint Anthony (June 13), Saint John (June 24) and the Saints Peter and Paul (both on June 29). The celebrations originate in Europe as the midnight parties. In Brazil, June is a winter month, and it is considerably colder, especially in the south and southeast. It is not uncommon to find hot drinks and a bonfire on such a June party. Wherever possible, the dishes are heated on a traditional wood oven.

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017

Imaging Brazil 062: Tension in Belo Horizonte, MG (2006)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

062. Tense 

JULY 2006: Tense

The second weekend of July was a very busy weekend for me. I was invited for a churrasco (barbecue) on Thursday churrasco (barbecue); on Saturday, I had participated in a Festa Junina (June Party), which continued on Sunday. On Friday, I had witnessed a dance festival (Arraial do Belô), which had been organized by the City of Belo Horizonte as part of the traditional June Parties. The festival was a formation dance competition, with twelve regional dance groups. The dance is called ‘quadrilha’, referring to its French origin ‘quadrille’. The story is about a Brazilian bachelor who wanted to marry his beloved. However, he’s getting into trouble with her father, and with the pastor. But as in a fairy tale, everything goes well in the end, and the happy end is celebrated with dance. The dancing women and girls use colorful dresses, the men and boys use suits with a number of patches. For them it is a serious competition; not surprisingly, one of the girls had her lips pressed on each other, because of the tension.

 © Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2006, 2014