Brasil Moreso than any other nation is home to all people. it’s citizens represent a blended racial - ethnic spectrum beyond the norm. This diversity is a source of national pride. you'll hear reference to a uniquely 'Brasilian race' a blending euro-afro-amerindian origins. immigration was open & slave importation began in the 1500's. inter-marriage was not as restrained' in the usa. today’s Brasil is home to communities of Japanese, Lebanese, italians, ukrainians larger than anywhere outside their native Homelands...
Quaint Santa Teresa nestles in a lush, hillside forest to host an annual Jazz festival . Celebrants gather from Asia, Europe, USA & Brasil for a weeklong jazz schedule beginning daily at noon ending early next morning. Restaurants, BBQ, snacks, wine/beer-tasting at all price ranges.
visit: the international santaJazz festival
Sao Paulo has 100+ museums & it's Modern Art of Sao Paulo (MASP) qualifies as world-class. you can spend several weeks in etherial bliss while exploring Sao Paulo's many public, private or university museums.
visit: Modern art of sao paulo
visit: Museu Afro - brasil, sp
Brasil imported more slaves than any nation in the new world. sao paulo’s huge Afro Brasil Museum honors contributions & history of brasil’s slaves. On display see Technology solutions in mining & agriculture production invented by slaves. The 3-story museum presents artistic, civic, business & cultural contributions made by Afro-Brasilians along with frightening tools of mistreatment to terrorize or punish slave populations. A research staff works to update & document this vital heritage.
The annual Vila Vehla Jazz & Blues Festival is about shared musical traditions. The event features pro Jazz & Blues artists from Rio de janeiro, Sao Paulo + USA. An energized crowd enjoys Multi-food & beverage optionsaccentuated by robust dancing. homage is bestowed on music history of African slaves adapting their native rhythms into forms Honored at this state-sponsored annual event.
the Museum of Niemeyer, curitiba, pr - opened in 2002 to honor brasil's most-famous architect. Located in Curitiba, parana (south Brasil) it's one of Nation's premier cultural assets that Niemeyer himself designed and completed at 95 years of age.
The focus is on visual arts, art history & design architecture. The collection comprises Brasil's most famous visual artists & lavishes the visitor with biographical info on each artist's life. For its magnificence, beauty & importance the collection has international significance. The two building complex is a display of architecture in itself. Niemeyer created the design as faithful to styles of the day & conceived to serve as an education - training facility for aspiring artists and the public.
