Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
How Do People Speak in Rio de Janeiro? The biggest tourist hot spot in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, has its own slang and almost overall dialect. Living in São Paulo and being around the Paulistanês “language” all the time, to me it’s quite refreshing to go to Rio and listening to Carioquês and its malandro nature. Cariocas (the Portuguese word for [...]
“Rio Breaks” Documentary The DVD for the fantastic documentary “Rio Breaks” just went on sale in the US. Here is the trailer, and also part of the review of the film by The Economist: The film follows a year in the lives of two best friends, Fabio and Naama. They live in “Vietnam”, a particularly [...]
Increased Tourism In Rio’s “Pacified” Favelas: Encouraged by The Brazilian Government, But Is it Ultimately Fair to Inhabitants? The traditional conception of a favela is being subverted in Rio. Every day, dozens of tourists are led through some of Rio’s most dangerous slums to witness the conditions of the favela. In the wake of U.S. President [...]
The Brazilian Favela – the media infatuation du jour, reporters just can’t get enough of it…. “Vanguard” is a no-limits documentary series by Current TV whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. This time they’ve gone to the Brazilian favela…. In this [...]
“Alagados” by Os Paralamas do Sucesso, in English This is one of my favorite Brazilian songs, and the music video, (a music videos is called a ”clipe” in Brazilian Portuguese) is just as joyous as the song itself, while at the same time shows and talks about the reality of living in the favela. (For some reason I couldn’t embed the [...]
