Samba Saravah on Francais, portuguese and English translation (globalization is the keY)

Yes!!! Stacey Kent is amazing doing it... the lyrics had this main message: "it is better to be happy than sad" - at least try is not so painful.

French Samba Saravah...

Original: Samba da Bencao (Blessing Samba)

And a new a bit out of the usual by Daniela Mercury, just a small part but interest- Axe Music (diversity is the key)

Lyrics: Samba Saravah

It's better to be happy than sad
Happiness is the best thing there is
It is like a light in the heart
But to make a samba with beauty
It's needed a bit of sadness
If not the samba can't be made

To make a samba is not like telling a joke
And who makes samba like this is worth nothing
The good samba is a kind of prayer
Because samba is the sadness that sways
And sadness is always hopeful
Of one day not being sad any more

Put a little love in the cadence
And you'll see that in this world nobody wins
The beauty that a samba have
Because samba was born in Bahia
And if today it is white in it's poetry
It is very black in it's heart 

New good brazilian music... Sax with Zest of Brazilian Flavour.

Saturday is not day of deep talks about politics... Michel Telo is bad bad brazilian music, but we have very new generation of musicians out of the mainstrain.
It is well know that Sax is not very typical brazilian sound, but Monte Pascoal from Belo Horizonte city makes an remarkable work.

Website to check agenda, not sure they have international tours.
Monte Pascoal
I don't know why they have this name, but Monte Pascoal was how portuguese called the first piece of land when they arrive here.

YouTube... my fav.

Facebook contact... almost sure they can't use Twitter.

Disclosure of interest: i am brazilian...

Who is brazilian president?

Yes... I was very impressive  when a few friends thought a chauvist country has a Dilma Roussef, as a president by elections and with a huge popular support. She is famous for actually had been from left party *it there is something like parties in Brazil. She had Lula's support to be elected.
In her past, she suffer with militar straight ... even she had past by tortured.
Most of woman are proud of her....  and Brazil is NOT a chauvist country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilma_Rousseff

The program for redistribution of lands, is woman centered... the piece of land is registered in the wive's name. The money for supporting poor kids to still at school is receive just by the mother. Well... it was more a solution for logistical problem. Guys sometimes use the money of kids for other stuff or sell the piece of land... without considering the family. So, it now is a woman... even the simple poor lady has assure the rights.

Sweet life...

Brazilian cuisine is not famous for candies, usually to sweet for europeans... One book should be mentioned about brazilian pastisserie:

As doceiras.

The book is in Portuguese but the pictures are in an worldwide language.... the food lovers one.

One of the authors is Carla Pernambuco who has two restaurant in Sao Paulo:

Las Chicas - good prices for Sao Paulo, and strangely I never had a dessert there... but the Polvo Cazuela is amazing!

Carlota - I never being there.... it seems fancy, but I accept invitations of handsome bachelors to enjoy that place!

Brazilian cuisine is going beyond churrascaria anda Carla Permanbuco proves it.

Brazilian Movies...

It is not a deep post about brazilian cinema.... although, if you are interested in have at least a idea about brazilian production - there is one short movie that endorse a smart creation from South of Brazil:

It tells a story of a tomate...  weird, but with a strong social message - it just to be a tease of new brazilian movies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPYCYtBDZ1M

The same producers have a full movie, one of my favorite in the last years.... a bit funny but thoughtful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saneamento_Básico


I will write more about brazilian cinema... I know I don't have a degree on it, but I am audience...

Enjoy for the movie, brazilianist!


Dedicated post to Roberto Parroto!

Delicia - Lyrics by Michel Telo

The last brazilian top hit around world! Not so smart lyrics and a sexy dancing display a newbie brazilian singer - Michel Teló.

No, he is not our new Joao Gilberto! Not even close of Maria Gadu!
It sounds sexy with all the "S" sounds... still better to have a united world with music.

Lyrics in Portuguese... don't spend your time with the English translation... very easy to learn.

Delicia, ai se eu te pego!
 
Sábado na balada 
A galera começou a dançar 
E passou a menina mais linda 
Tomei coragem e comecei a falar 

Refrão: 
Nossa, nossa 
Assim você me mata 
Ai se eu te pego 
Ai ai se eu te pego 
Delícia, delícia 
Assim você me mata 
Ai se eu te pego 

Ai ai se eu te pego 

Rape in the Brazilian Big Brother 2012?

I hate Big Brother since the first one...  the brazilian edition has 12 years of a huge audience!
Bad brazilian public! Bad taste!
Brazil was on topic lately for a possible sex assault in this Big Brother Brazil last edition.

The follow link gives more details... just a brazilian view about it:
1- About the male half black, the skin color didn't play a big role in the decision of kicking out... racism is old fashion and it seems a very reasonable decision.
2- Which morality rules would be define as normal to have sex against their own will? Well, if you are coma... it can be alcoholic coma you don't have free will.

... a world citizen view:
3- Considere yourself in his position and her position. Quite a delicated situation.
4- A lot of models fighting for money locked in a house with free alcohol   - trends of our society. It is just a miracle it just happened now!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/brazil-alleged-rape-tv-big-brother_n_1211029.html

Where this picture was taken?

I am not a beer drink, althought I have my favorite - the german black beer from Gera.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/648/1774

The reasons are more personal than gourmand. Just to prove again my theory about multicultural world. Guess where this picture was taken??

Ok, you are wrong!
This was Curitiba at Santa Felicidade, just to add one more confusional agent - the italian area there.

Say no to the war, yes to a full intercultural world where people can respect each other.

Glad but Sad...Dilma et moi!

I define myself as a brazilian feminist - I am happy today Dilma Roussef is official the first woman in brazilian most important political place! It will be 4 years...
In the last 8 years I could feel my country getting better. For the economical point of view, we are far more better. Culturally, we are not ashame of our identity. Now, we have Dilma there and I will be not here to understand and truly feel the changes.
Still brazilian, but I will be far away from here in my most difficult mission of my life - and I am not an elected brazilian president.. good luck for us!

Kitsch? Brega and chique in Portuguese.

I love the kitsch aesthetical in portuguese we say "brega" for bad taste and with a inapropriate sense of view...The word kitsch comes from German "kitschen/verkitschen", it means "cheating"... for the fashion kitsch is wearing this purple dress, rainbow make up and with a ton of hair spray  sitting in a swan statue...I doesn't mean ugly.

For food, bologna sandwich and shrimps strogonof are the kitschest cuisine from the brazilian point of view.