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Brazilian traditional costume

June 2nd, 2009 by ilyani | No Comments | Filed in Brazil

I can’t remember if I had postcards of traditional costume from countries except in Europe and Asia, but I happen to have a couple from Brazil, which is great! And these pictures are like as if they’re on a set of film shooting or something :D

Sent by Bebelzis

Sent by Bebelzis

The man is doing the traditional cigarette Cigarro de Palha - basically a bunch of tobacco rolled by a straw of maize. And I love the dress the woman is wearing! :)

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Sent by Bebelzis and Lu_corseuil (I got duplicates)

This is some traditional barbecue with the floor fire, and man drinking Chimarrão, a kind of baverage with green tea. Drinking Chimarrão is a common social practice in Brazil.

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Feliz Aniversario!

May 20th, 2009 by ilyani | No Comments | Filed in Brazil

It’s one month before I turn 26 and I don’t quite feel like it… argh. Can someone stop the time pleaseee?? But looking at the brighter side, here’s another birthday wish I got a couple of years back.. from Brazil :) Yes the only thing I love about birthdays is people’s thoughtfulness, especially when you get many birthday cards from Postcrossers filling your mailbox so you can at least forget for a while the nightmare of getting older! ;)

Sent by Dine, June 2007

Sent by Dine, June 2007

From lovely Dine! It came as a Random Act of Smileness surprise and it did give a HUGE smile on my face!! Thanks Dine!! XD I love it when pretty dinasours are celebrating with me!

Sent by Dine

Sent by Dine

I guess I’ll just feature another card from Dine now that this one looks rather related. This cute comic illustration is entitled “Chico Violeiro” and showing two famous Brazilian cartoon characters: Chico Bento (Chuck Billy) and Rosinha (Rosy Lee). It was actually made as a parody to the painting “O Violeire” by Almeida Junior in 1899. Here’s a picutre of the original painting I found on internet:

ovioleire

Ain’t this lovely? :D:D Almeida Junior was the most important Brazilian realist painter from the 19th century and a major inspiration for the modern painters. His artworks mostly pictured rural figures, specially farmers and the countrymen that is a kind of a symbol of the rural areas in São Paulo.

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Houses in Brazil

May 6th, 2009 by ilyani | No Comments | Filed in Brazil

Imajica is so happy when she gets to feature postcards with houses in her blog :)) And here are from Brazil….

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Sent by Dine and Mizlilian (I got duplicates)

This is rather a holiday bungalow I guess, located in Campos do Jordao.. a very different city in Brazil because it has Germanic style.. oh, now that I read this part, perhaps it’s trying to say this looks like half-timbered houses in Germany! Apart the fact that in Germany I have seen them so high. And this place has cool weather as well, and it makes it a touristic place for a holiday.

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Sent by Dorenda

I think I have said this before somewhere, I love postcards with countryhouse coz I am so curious to see how other people in the other side of the world live…. and I am so happy when I get to find out, like ths Brazillian countryhouse.. which is nothing I can find here in my place :)

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