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INTRIGUED BY THE WAY OF LIFE OF A PEOPLE – Claudia Andujar: Reporting on the yanomami Indians, fighting beside them for rights

The woman who portrayed a people  Survival https://survivalinternational.org/, they led the campaign for the demarcation of Yanomami territory. They have supported their health and education. They are fighting alongside indigenous peoples across Brazil. Please join them, as did Claudia Andujar, a photojournalist who dedicated her life to this just cause. The daughter of a man murdered in the Nazi camps, …

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VIVID COLOURS IN LUXURIOUS BOLD DRESSES – Carlos Miele: The rich in detail sexy style emanates from Brazilian roots

When you choose signature gowns alongside crochet and leatherwork If you are looking for great fashion houses, the right place is Rua Oscar Freire (in the elegant Dos Jardins district). The Paulista Avenue is the fulcrum of city purchases. Shopping in San Paolo is in every neighborhood for all those who want to buy big names, or find interesting offers. …

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WHEN POETRY BECOMES ATEMPORAL – Cecília Meireles: Freedom, word that there is no one who does not understand

Dream in a ship, a beach, eyes dry like stones Movie posters enrich its decoration and book covers. With its architecture inspired by colonial Brazil, the Mercearia São Pedro https://www.facebook.com/saopedromercearia/ is always full. At night, you can be sure of finding people who like to talk about literature and cinema here. Inside a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere, its nightly soundtrack …

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A LOVED LIVING LIFE, DOCUMENTED BY SAMBAS – Noel Rosa: Telling the everyday with irony, to the rhythm of samba

Writing music, hopelessly in love with a Dama do Cabaret Best samba bars in São Paulo? Cover charges depend on the artist performing and the day of the week. São Paulo’s samba roots go back. You need comfortable shoes when your feet start to move, looking for suggestions of samba bars not to be missed. Bar Mangueira https://www.facebook.com/barmangueirasp/ is one …

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SOBER AND EXPRESSIVE PAINTINGS, FROM THE POOR APPEARANCE – Lasar Segall: The mastery of monocronism in the use of color

Nothing is more difficult than interpret colors The Museum of Contemporary Art University of São Paulo http://www.mac.usp.br/mac/, is a contemporary art museum, one of the largest art museums in the country. With more than 8,000 works (comprising the most important artists, art movements and tendencies), museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of 20th-century Western art in …

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CERRA Y VAMOS MONTEVIDEO – Uruguayans do not say, “Let’s go!” They say, “Close the door and let’s go!”

Health, money, love and time to enjoy them creatively The vast majority of its electricity is produced from renewable sources. Here you will find some of the most beautiful beaches on the American continent, along with consumers of yerba mate and asados. Like abortion and same-sex marriage, marijuana is legal in Uruguay https://matadornetwork.com/read/11-things-wish-knew-visiting-uruguay/. However, you will not be able to …

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PHOTOGRAPHING THE LAST – Matilde Campodónico: The form is the content

Become a visual artist and photographer Some creative people create works that someone wants to buy. All of them work to share and affirm their being. If you also think that art is any work that allows you to express yourself by creating what was not there before, then you can continue reading. For a photographer, the main reason for …

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HANDMADE FASHION PIECES, FROM URUGUAY – Margo Baridon: Getting nervous at every show, like it was the first time

Women’s clothing brand made in Uruguay You will find all the answers with CodyCross https://codycross.info/en/, but it will not help you dress. What kind of relationship do you have with your body and with your way of dressing? The dress communicates something about us to the world. Packaging clothes for a clientele is like spring dresses flower meadows. This is …

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THE POET LAWYER THAT DOES NOT LOVE INJUSTICES – Selva Casal: No vivimos en vano (We do not live in vain)

An infernal world, without guards and much desolation, in verse Tagxedo http://www.tagxedo.com/, is a tool of the type word clouds generators, or word cloud generators. Word cloudsit is graphic representations of a text that give information about the frequency of words within that text. You will not need this tool to learn about the textuality of Selva Casal, the poet …

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THE ARTIST OF THE URUGUAYAN PEOPLE – Jorge Drexler: To grow musician, actor and doctor

First Uruguayan to win an Academy Award, for composing a song In the Renaissance, the word musical harmony began to be used as we know it. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the musical avant-gardes were ready to rethink rhythm and formal principles of composition. Music, art that manifests itself as a form of cultural expression, consists in conceiving …

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