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Bizarre Brazil Bizarre Brazil Oddities and bizarre of the first of the BRIC countries. Fun stuff, videos, culture and history of the big green and clueless southern country. Articles
A British Hooligan in Porto Alegre
2007-06-06 20:49:00 Everyone knows how soccer is Brazilian national sport and blahblahblah. There are several leagues every year - state leagues for most Brazilian states, minor regional leagues, 2 national Cups among the country’s most important teams and the South-American Cup, Libertadores da America or “America Liberators”, the South-American counterpart to Eurocup. The winner of Libertadores is one of the teams who play the FIFA Club World Cup. Among the club supporters nationwide one of the most known for its supporters fanaticism and motivation is the Gremio from Porto Alegre (Fifa Club World Cup champion in 1983). Yesterday Gremio qualified to the final match of Libertadores (which it won twice) and I told Ira if it did, I’d publish a post about it here. So here it is. It was a dramatic match against Santos (who also won two Cups) and not decided until the last minute, as good soccer match must be, heh. But Gremio supporters are famous by their “avalanches” (... More About: British
Park of the Youth in Sao Paulo
2007-06-06 13:00:00 As I promess some images from Parque da Juventude (Park of the Youth ) in Sao Paulo where used to be the terrible Carandiru Prison. Photos from Parque da Juventude Official Site (more…) © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Brazil in the news, People, Sao Paulo, History, Photography. More About: The Youth
How to Use a Mercedes
2007-06-05 18:31:00 So you think a Merc edes is a car? Think twice, in Brazil it’s also a German Panzer. WPvideo 1.10 Barbeiragem no Shopping - Linkando.com.br Download! © Rico Ferrari on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Characters .
Debret and Brazil - 3 - Indians Chiefs
2007-06-05 13:00:00 Chiefs of Brazil ian tribes Boreno chief Camaca chief and his family © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category People , Brazil viewed by foreigners, History . More About: Indians , Razi
Brazil National Anthem - with subtitles
2007-06-04 17:10:00 A video showing some country’s landscapes with the Brazil ian national anthem (subtitled in English) as a soundtrack. The music was created right after Brazilian Independence (1822) and the anthem lyrics was created 20 years after the end of the Empire (1889) in 1909. It was based in Auguste Comte’s positivist ideas mixed with (very bad) ... More About: Videos , Music , Culture , National
Feminine prison in Sao Paulo
2007-06-04 13:00:00 Old building where is a feminine prison (Saint Ane Prison ) at the north zone of Sao Paulo city. This was part of the notorious Carandiru Prison, where 111 eleven prisoners were killed by the police after a rebellion in 2th, october, 1992. Nowadays remains, from those Carandiru buildings, only the Feminine and the Romão Gomes ... More About: Women , Photography
Debret and Brazil - 2 - Indians tribes
2007-06-03 13:00:00 Indians from various tribes existing at that time (1816-1831) Indian from Camaca tribe. Woman from Camaca tribe © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil , 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category People , Brazil viewed by foreigners, Culture , History . More About: Indians
Brazilian Mounted Police
2007-06-02 13:00:00 In Sao Paulo we have the Mounted Police - Nove de Julho Regiment. © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Sao Paulo, Photography , Oddities . More About: Razi
Debret and Brazil -1 - Voyage Pitoresque et Historique au Brésil
2007-06-01 13:00:00 Jean-Baptiste Debret was a French painter who stayed in Brazil from 1816 to 1831. He did a lot of draws about the country. Later, in Paris, he published a book (three tomes) with these material, called Voyage Pitoresque et Hist orique au Brésil. This it will be the firs post about Debret and Brazil. All images are ... More About: Razi , Ique , Tori
Moon at Jaguarao
2007-05-31 13:00:00 Moon in a lonely and cold night at Jaguarao… ye, this little white point is the moon! © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Moon
Early Winter
2007-05-30 16:11:00 Winter apparently arrived one month earlier in Southern Brazil this year. As a rule of thumb you should expect this kind of temperatures only by mid June or early July on the Southerner states and some mountainous regions of Sao Paulo state (and Sao Paulo City itself). Like Australia and South-Africa, winter in Brazil and ... More About: Photography , Winter , Early , Earl , Early Winter
Jaguarao - Museum Carlos Barbosa Goncalves
2007-05-30 13:00:00 © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Museum , Carlos , Carlo
Jaguarao and a very old house
2007-05-29 13:00:00 The house is so old that has raised a tree inside… © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: House , Ouse , Old House
Jaguarao - old houses
2007-05-28 13:00:00 © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Houses , Ouse , Old House
Jaguarao - interior houses
2007-05-27 13:00:00 ceiling stairs © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Houses , Interior , Teri , Ouse
Jaguarao - antique houses
2007-05-26 13:00:00 Jaguarao - antique houses © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Houses , Anti , Ique , Ouse
Jaguarao - churches
2007-05-25 13:00:00 Jaguarao - churches © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Churches
Jaguarao Bridge
2007-05-24 13:00:00 The Jaguarao Bridge is in fact named Maua Bridge. It is over the Jaguarao River and links the little town of Jaguarao in Brazil to little town Rio Branco, in Uruguay. Jaguarao is a very beautiful town with its well preserved houses from 1800 and 1900. The pictures (in this post and next ones) were taken ... More About: Photography
Moon in the middle of the noon at Pelotas
2007-05-23 13:00:00 Moon in the middle of the noon at Pelotas town (Rio Grande do Sul) (detail) More about Pelotas via Wikipedia (Portuguese only) © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Characters . More About: Moon , Middle
Pelotas? streets - Rio Grande do Sul
2007-05-22 13:00:00 Bento Goncalves, Avenue - Pelotas, Rio Grand e do Sul Major Cicero Street, Pelotas © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography . More About: Rio Grande , Grande , Streets
Guaiba?s Bridge
2007-05-21 13:00:00 The bridge over Guaiba River, at Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul county) in a gloomy day. Guaiba’s Bridge Wikipedia (Portuguese only) © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Photography .
Beautiful fig tree in Sombrio, Sao Paulo
2007-05-20 13:00:00 A beautiful fig tree in Sombrio [glommy] a little town in Sao Paulo county. © Ira O'Neill on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Bizarre, Sao Paulo. More About: Beautiful , Tree
Mayor of Sao Paulo promess to finish the polluted air
2007-05-19 19:09:00 First, Mr. Kassab, Mayor of Sao Paulo City, prohibited the billboards, now is the polluted air. This is a bit arbitrary, is it not? I am very afraid about one thing: could we have permission to fart at open air? See the this post, “an almost class” about this subject by Rico Ferrari. São Paulo vai ... More About: Politics , People , Bizarre , Characters
The hound and the chick
2007-05-17 12:15:00 This underdog hound fell in love with a chick in southern Brazil. See what happens: WPvideo 1.10 cadela e o pinto Download! The reporter says Lilica, the hound, doesn’t let anyone get close to her “puppy”. (Feed readers): Click here if you can’t see the video. © Rico Ferrari on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Oddities , ... More About: Videos , Animals , Chick , Hound
Jacare Banguela
2007-05-17 06:50:00 Jacare Banguela (.br) means literally the “Toothless Alligator”. It’s the most successful humor blog in Brazil and a powerful source of Internet memes. The most successful meme, indeed, is the one which spreads Jacare’s trademark: Any sign that mimes an alligator spread mouth (made with hands, legs, etc) eating something. Another successful meme is the ... More About: Humor , Culture , Photography , Oddities , Bizarre
Go, Forrest, Go
2007-05-16 15:04:00 The dad: One, two, three, go kid! WPvideo 1.10 Vai filhão! Download! (Feed readers): Click here if you can’t see the video. © Rico Ferrari on Bizarre Brazil, 2007. | Permalink See more posts in the category Videos , Humor , Bizarre. More About: Rest
But who lives, Deckard?
2007-05-15 12:10:00 Now the Pope is gone, back to business. Every time a foreigner friend say me how violent is the US and blahblahblah I tell he or she about the incredible number of deaths every day in Brazilian slums, trench towns and downtowns. There are weekends in some cities (especially Rio de Janeiro, but also ... More About: Society , Lives , Kard , Deck
A secretary or a miracle?
2007-05-14 13:00:00 Your Holiness, I have forgotten asking you a little favour. The case is: I need desperately a secretary. Could be a modest one, like your secretary, Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, for example. Would you mind recommend me to the Almight in your prayers? I thank you on my knees. Sincerely yours, Ira. Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, Pope’ secretary, also known ... More About: Humor , Photography , Miracle , Mira
Pope Benedict XVI at Sao Paulo - fifth and last day
2007-05-14 03:24:00 Pope Benedict XVI de the “thing” (I have read somewhere that the name in English is “Popemobile”) in Aparecida, at your last day in Brazil. Pope Benedict XVI saying the Mass at Aparecida with the bishops Pope Benedict XVI saying the Mass at Basilica of Aparecida Basilica of Aparecida during Pope ... More About: Religion , People , Photography , Oddities , Sao Paulo
Pope Benedict XVI at Sao Paulo - fourth day
More articles from this author:2007-05-13 16:00:00 Bom Jesus Seminary, where Pope Benedict XVI is hosted at Aparecida city. Pope Benedict XVI at Esperança [hope] Farm, in Guaratingueta (Sao Paul o county) to drug addicts, surrounded by the people. Girls dancing to the Pope Basilica of Aparecida Pope Benedict XVI praying at Basilica of Aparecida People sleeping on the ground in front of the Basilica waiting ... More About: Religion , Photography 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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