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  • Tupinambá Mantle Fuels Debate on Repatriation of Brazilian Relics

    For a mantle to be woven by the Tupinambá indigenous people, the territory needs to be calm. With a cotton thread sealed with beeswax, which gives the piece resistance, feathers from different birds are sewn together.

    Published on 07/26/2023 - 13h08

  • João Donato played the piano like a wizard who controls time at his fingertips

    In the 1950s, the piano of João Donato, who died on Monday at the age of 88, was already unique. In his childhood, in Acre, where he was born, he learned to play the accordion and, when he participated in the genesis of bossa nova, he already had his own way of hitting the keys, a style that he never stopped developing over the years.

    Published on 07/19/2023 - 11h44

  • Police remove scalpers from Taylor Swift's ticket line in São Paulo amid applause

    The purchase of tickets for Taylor Swift's concerts started this Monday with an operation by the Civil Police to remove ticket scalpers from the line. Federal deputy Celso Russomanno, from the Republicans' Party, was also present. Around 30 suspects were detained by the Civil Police and taken to the First Consumer Police Station to give a statement, amid applause from fans in the line.

    Published on 06/20/2023 - 12h10

  • Astrud Gilberto, Voice that Made Bossa Nova International, Dies at 83

    Astrud Gilberto, one of the most internationally known voices of bossa nova, has died at the age of 83. The information was shared by the profile of her granddaughter, Sofia Gilberto, on social networks.

    Published on 06/06/2023 - 14h10

  • Bourgeois' 'Spider' Auctions Underwhelmingly for $30 Million

    The first "Spider" by Louise Bourgeois already has a new owner.

    Published on 05/19/2023 - 14h16

  • Justice Censors Brazilian Comedy Show for Containing Jokes about Minorities

    Comedian Léo Lins was forced by Justice to delete a comedy special from his YouTube channel this Tuesday (16). In the video, which had more than 3.3 million views, he told jokes about minorities. The Prosecution Service had asked the Justice to remove the content.

    Published on 05/18/2023 - 15h01

  • Rita Lee, Biggest Brazilian Rock Star, Dies at 75

    Passed away this Monday (8), the singer Rita Lee, the biggest star of Brazilian rock'n'roll and a name that emerged during the tropicalismo movement with the band Os Mutantes, in the 1960s. She was at her home, in the capital of São Paulo, with her family.

    Published on 05/10/2023 - 14h07

  • 'Garota de Ipanema' Is The most Recorded Brazilian Song in History

    "Garota de Ipanema", a classic song by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, is the most recorded Brazilian song of all time.

    Published on 04/17/2023 - 14h03

  • "Bolsonaro Had No Interest in the Indigenous Question"

    Photographer Claudia Andujar, now 92 years old, says that preserving her collection is important because it represents her life's work. Specifically regarding the custody of the images of the Yanomami, which make up most of it, she says she hopes that the indigenous people will understand that she considered them as family. "I felt like I was part of them," she says.

    Published on 04/12/2023 - 12h53

  • How the Radio, Which Is 100 Years Old in Brazil, Transformed Music, Soap Operas, and Football

    One hundred years ago, on April 20, 1923, Edgard Roquette-Pinto founded Rádio Sociedade do Rio de Janeiro, considered the first Brazilian broadcaster. The founder's dream of using the vehicle as an educational tool did not come true. However, somehow, the radio provided the fundamental sentimental education and common repertoire for the formation of characteristics that today we understand as national identity.

    Published on 04/11/2023 - 12h05