13. EXCELLENT VIEW OF WATTLE AND DAUB CONSTRUCTION OF A HOUSE IN
A QUILOMBOLA COMMUNITY: WATTLE IS THE STICK FRAMEWORK AND
DAUB IS THE MUD IN BETWEEN THE STICKS. THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN
USED ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR MILLENIA.
14. A QUILOMBOLA PRESENTATION OF THE BOI BOMBA
STORY WHICH IS ALSO THE BASIS OF A HUGE FESTIVAL
EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT NORTHERN BRASIL.
15. TOURISTS ADVANCING ON A TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS MEETING HOUSE
IN THE HEAD OF THE DOG REGION OF NORTHWEST BRASIL.
17. MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE
LEFT THE RAIN FOREST TO LIVE
IN TOWNS. THE POPULATION OF THE
CITY OF SAO GABRIEL DE CACHOEIRA IS ALMOST
COMPLETELY INDIGENOUS.
18. INDIGINEOUS PEOPLE WHO MOVE
TO LARGE CITIES OFTEN END UP
LIVING IN FAVELAS OR OTHER
POOR SECTIONS LIKE THE ONE
ABOVE THE YANKEE GRINGO
TOURISTS ARE VISITING.
19. INDIGENOUS GIRLS FROM
A COMMUNITY NOW LIVING
IN THE CITY OF MANAUS
DEMONSTRATE A TRADTIONAL
METHOD OF GETTING A SPOUSE.
20. BORN IN THE
RAIN FOREST,
THIS OLDER MAN
IS NOW A CITY
DWELLER...THAT
IS HIS GRANDAUGHTER
WHO IS THROUGHLY
MODERN.
21. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE NOW LEARNING TO SELL THEIR CRAFTS SUCH AS
THESE BASKETS TO STORES IN LARGE CITIES LIKE SAO PAULO.
22. MANIOC, ALSO CALLED
CASSAVA, IS A STAPLE
CROP OF NORTHERN
BRASIL. THE ROOT CAN BE
MADE INTO A FLOUR BUT
ONLY AFTER CAREFUL
PROCESSING BECAUSE OF
THE TOXINS IN THE PLANT
25. THIS IS AN INDIGENOUS
MANIOC GRATER. TINY SHARP
ROCKS ARE MANUALLY
INSERTED IN PATTERNS
IN THE WOOD. THE
MANIOC ROOT IS THEN
SCRAPED AGAINST THE
ROCKS, MAKING A ROUGH
FLOUR.
26. ONCE THE MANIOC IS SCRAPED INTO A FLOUR AND WASHED TO
REMOVE TOXINS, IT IS ROASTED IN LARGE PANS SUCH AS THE ONE ABOVE.
41. THE SIDEWALKS NEXT TO THE BEACHES IN RIO ARE MADE WITH SMALL
BLACK AND WHITE TILES TO CREATE REALLY COOL GEOMETRIC PATTERNS.
42.
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45. THE EMPTY SAMBA STADIUM, HOME TO THE FAMOUS
SAMBA SCHOOL PARADE DURING CARNIVAL. IT WAS
DESIGNED BY NIEMEYER, THE ARCHITECT OF THE MAJOR
BUILDINGS IN BRASILIA.
46. FUNDRAISER AT A SAMBA
SCHOOL...TO RAISE MONEY
FOR THEIR PARADE
PRESENTATION DURING
CARNIVAL.
47. FAVELA: Favelas are very poor neighborhoods built in large cities in Brasil.
the people build houses out of whatever material they can afford or find on
land they do not own. This is called squatting.
49. FAMOUS COMMUNITY
CENTER IN FAVELA WHOSE
GOAL IS TO OFFER CLASSES
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
A LIFE ON THE STREET OR DRUGS.
50. NGO’S WORK IN THE FAVELAS TO IMPROVE
THE LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS. THEY OFFER
VOCATIONAL TRAINING, FREE COMPUTER USE,
HEALTH CARE, READING CLASSES, DAY CARES AND MANY
OTHER SERVICES.
51. UNLIKE THE U.S., PHONE BOOTHS ARE STILL COMMON...NOTE THE GRAFITTI,
A BIG PROBLEM IN RIO AND SAO PAULO
52. HAVAIANAS FLIP FLOPS
ARE BRASILIAN ICONS...
THEY ARE SOLD VIRTUALLY
EVERWHERE IN ALL TYPES
OF STORES.
53. MANY HOUSES AND BUILDINGS HAVE HEAVY METAL GATES AND FENCES
TO KEEP OUT CRIME.
56. LICENSE PLATES ARE DIFFERENT. ALSO, MANY CARS RUN ON
A CHOICE OF NATURAL GAS, ETHANOL, OR GASOLINE. THIS CAR
IS A CHEVY BUT IS A CELTA. EVER HEARD OF IT? ALSO, IT HAS
FLEX POWER...USES DIFFERENT FUELS.
61. MOTORCYLES ARE CHEAP COMPARED TO CARS
WHICH MAKES THEM POPULAR. ALSO, YOU CAN
WEAVE IN AND OUT OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC JAMS
IN RIO de JANEIRO AND SAO PAULO.
