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North Eastern Brazil
is home to a Carnival
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celebration different from
the well-known Carnival in
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Rio de Janeiro or anywhere else
in the world for that matter.
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It begins in the city of
Recife in the state of
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Pernambuco and spreads to
other parts of the state.
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The celebration
lasts for five days.
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Funding for In the
Americas with David
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Yetman , was provided
by Agnese Haury.
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♪ music ♪
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♪ music ♪
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Pernambuco is tiny, as
Brazilian states go about
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the size of the
state of Maine.
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In Brazil, it's
known for its
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Carnival, lengthy,
noisy, colorful.
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And everyone is
invited to participate.
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This is the opening ceremony
of Carnival in Recife.
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It's at late at night.
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There are hundred thousand
or so people here.
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Unending fireworks going off on
the reef just down on the ocean.
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Explosion of joy at the
beginning of Carnival.
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After the beginning
of Carnival in Recife,
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it moves inland
to Bezerros,
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Nazaré da Mata and finally
back to the coast in Olinda.
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Carnival in
Pernambuco, Brazil
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Recife was one of the
first cities in Brazil to
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be colonized and we had a
very strong Portuguese,
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Dutch, Indian and
African colonization.
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So all these people
brought lots of music,
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food and different things
and colors to Pernambuco.
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And we mixed this all
to the Carnival of Pernambuco.
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Carnival in Pernambuco has
more than twenty different
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poles, events or places
spread out over the five days.
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Each of them has a
different way of dancing,
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of dressing, or
showing Carnival.
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For example here in Recife,
it's more at night.
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People go with
their families.
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In Olinda, it's a street
Carnival where the giant
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puppets are the hosts
of the Carnival.
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You see them all around.
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The giant puppets are
giant figures that
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goes up and down the
streets in Olinda.
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Nazaré da Mata is one of
the finest Carnival of the
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world I think, because
people that work the
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whole year on the sugar
cane fields,
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built their costume
throughout the year and
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during Carnival is when
they dress up as Maracatu
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Caboclos de lança,
that beautiful colorful figures.
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This is Caboclos de lança.
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They're coming from
the country side.
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You can see them way
up...look they're
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going around and
around up there.
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As you can see they have
flowers and they put one
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flower here in their mouth and
they walk like for five hours.
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So they actually start
doing this like five or
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six hours ago
to be here now.
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To be here right now.
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The main instrument
is the maracatu.
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So it's basically
percussion.
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Yes and they always
have a couple,
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which always demonstrates
where they come from.
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So there's a woman and
a man with costumes from Africa.
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And now women try to
be more proud of the
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maracatu, so they want to
have maracatu only with women.
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So it's a
feminist maracatu?
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Yes.
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Well, good for them.
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(Portuguese)
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This is a democratic
carnival.
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It doesn't cost
you any money.
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You can participate
in one or all of the
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Carnivalistic expressions.
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The blocos and troças
without having to pay anyone.
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You just choose.
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The opening ceremony
lasts through the night.
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It merged seamlessly
into the morning
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of the second day of Carnival.
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It's the Rooster of the
Dawn, Galo da Madrugada.
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Everyone knows about it, there
are songs written about it.
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There are dances to it.
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The story goes that it was
associated with a little
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troop that participated
in Carnival and that troop
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got more and more
attention until nowadays,
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the biggest bloco, the
biggest group of thousands
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of people have it as their
symbol and it has come to
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symbolize the entirety
of Carnival here.
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More than a million people
will participate in this
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parade, in this
festivity around Galo.
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In Rio, you sit and watch
the great parade of bands.
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Here, you participate.
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For me to participate,
off goes the hat.
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So now, I'm going native.
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Carnival time.
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The dance that these young
people are doing is called
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the frevo, it's a specialized
dance from the Recife area.
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It looks as though they're just
kicking, it's a step that
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takes a lot of practice, a
lot of energy.
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(Portuguese)
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People flock to the
Saturday of Carnival.
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It is the biggest day, what is
known as the Galo da Madrugada.
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The whole idea is for you to
play, to transform yourself into
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a child again, to live out a
childhood fantasy, whether it
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is a superhero, a clown, a
famous actor/actress.
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It is really a theatrical
street performance.
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I'm not sure what it is here
that I am jesting with,
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but they can't talk because they
have a big heavy mask on.
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The street is packed, but
there's a tide of
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humanity that is engulfing
this place.
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I came up here to get a
view, now I can't get out.
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So I'll just have to
suffer the beauty of it all.
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The noise level here is
so loud, I have to shout.
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There's well over
a million people,
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all very happy, all
talking at the same time,
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plus a bunch of
loud speakers.
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The precession itself
is five miles long.
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It consists of about 25
what they call, blocos,
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that's big
groups of people.
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Each one of them has
what they call Trios
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elétricos,which is a large
truck that is carrying
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loud speakers,
instruments,
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all kinds of amplifiers and a
lot of people and musicians.
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They move along and try
to excite the crowd,
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make sure that they are
the best act of all.
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If you want to join one
of them, you're free to,
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you can go down the street
and just follow right
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along or you could even
go in front of them.
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It's a long day, it's probably
seven hours in total length.
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The blocos are expensive to
operate and so they often have
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commercial interests that kick
in money to support them.
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Some of them are sponsored
by public causes,
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non profit groups without
a special political point
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to make but all of them
try to engage the crowd
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and the most remarkable
thing of all is the fact
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that there are 20 or
so carnival songs.
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Everyone here seems to know
every word, every note.
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They can sing
along in unison.
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This precession in Recife
is just one expression of
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Carnival time in the state of
Pernambuco and in Brazil.
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After eight hours or
so of intense partying,
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we escape from the throng
to the town of
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Bezerros about 100
kilometers inland.
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There, I meet my
friend Tacila,
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a native North Easterner
and a Carnival fanatic.
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It's not one happy and one sad.
They're both happy.
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They're all happy.
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Well, in a way
that's Brazil, right?
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Brazil's a happy place.
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Bezerros is the
land of papangu.
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You don't show anything
and you can choose
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whatever you want to
put, like a mask on.
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So this is really traditional,
comes from the 19th century.
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Papangu?
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Papangu.
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It means the papa for angu,
which is an oatmeal thing.
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They would go to houses
asking for oatmeal?
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Yeah, and
the kids say
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"papa, angu" because they
always eat angu.
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So that's why they're
named papangus.
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Papa, angu. Papangu,
oh well that's easy.
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Everybody comes on
Sunday to Bezzeros.
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You think I should
try this one?
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I like this one.
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Oh my god that's
gonna be hot.
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Just fit it.
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Do I fit?
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You look good!
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You just have to cover
your hands and you're ready.
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(Portuguese)
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Papangu is usually a masked
individual.
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The custom originated
many years ago when it
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wasn't socially
acceptable for upper
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class ladies to be seen
at a street party.
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So they wore masks.
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Over the years, a
tradition of wearing
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distinct masks evolved and
the presence of papangus
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became a cultural stamp
of the town Bezerros.
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Ah this is really not a
take off on Halloween.
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They look like it,
but these costumes are original.
11:06.200 --> 11:09.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
This ceremony began long
before Halloween was a custom.
11:09.700 --> 11:12.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
They buy Halloween masks,
sometimes use them,
11:12.333 --> 11:15.500 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
but this is
completely different.
11:15.633 --> 11:18.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
He said like the hardest
part is the mask part
11:18.300 --> 11:19.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
because it's really heavy.
11:19.666 --> 11:22.900 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5%
The rest is fine.
11:23.033 --> 11:26.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Oh yeah cause you
can't breathe.
11:32.900 --> 11:35.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
This human powered vehicle
says the best-known land
11:35.233 --> 11:39.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
of the papangus.
11:39.366 --> 11:41.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
As you can see
they cover...
11:41.333 --> 11:42.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:57.5%
They cover their hands.
11:42.933 --> 11:44.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
Yeah, they cover their
hands and everything.
11:44.600 --> 11:46.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
They don't want
to be recognized.
11:46.466 --> 11:48.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
So they've got a
mask but there's
11:48.133 --> 11:49.533 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5%
something sewn over the mask.
11:49.666 --> 11:51.233 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
This is the real angu?
11:51.366 --> 11:53.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
The real angu, it's
coconut, butter and corn.
11:53.800 --> 11:57.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
The kids would go door to
door saying 'do you have
11:57.233 --> 12:02.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
any angu, pa, angu' and
from that came papangu.
12:02.833 --> 12:05.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
The artist here has made
each of these masks from
12:05.200 --> 12:08.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
newspaper and glue
and formed them.
12:08.133 --> 12:11.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
These are very similar to
what they were a century ago.
12:12.033 --> 12:14.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
The unique thing that
I see about them
12:14.533 --> 12:16.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:57.5%
is they're all smiling.
12:16.300 --> 12:17.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
There's not a frown
among them and that's
12:17.600 --> 12:21.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:67.5%
the nature of the papangus.
12:25.000 --> 12:27.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
From what I can tell,
there's no procession here.
12:27.600 --> 12:29.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
You just come and hang
out but they have a
12:29.600 --> 12:32.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
competition for the best
costume, is that it?
12:33.100 --> 12:34.600 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:12.5%
Yeah.
12:34.733 --> 12:37.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
So this competition
is one at a time.
12:37.933 --> 12:39.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
They're calling them
up by their number.
12:39.933 --> 12:42.300 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5%
It's just one
individual costume.
12:42.466 --> 12:44.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
You'll have to tell me
what this represents cause
12:44.433 --> 12:46.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
I can't really understand.
12:46.133 --> 12:47.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Yeah, did you see the
old lady in the chair?
12:47.600 --> 12:48.833 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:12.5%
Yeah.
12:48.966 --> 12:50.500 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
It's trying to
represent you know...
12:50.633 --> 12:52.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
They have to carry
her up there.
12:52.333 --> 12:54.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
Even if you're really
old you can go to the carnival.
12:54.166 --> 12:59.566 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
She's trying to
represent the carnival
12:59.700 --> 13:02.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
and the real São
Francisco together.
13:03.066 --> 13:04.300 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:10%
See?
13:04.433 --> 13:05.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
So you can see the
fish on her tail.
13:05.833 --> 13:09.166 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:12.5%
Yeah.
13:11.066 --> 13:12.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
That's supposed to be the
original, they way they looked.
13:13.000 --> 13:14.566 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:57.5%
They've got paper bags.
13:14.700 --> 13:16.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
They don't have
any fancy costumes.
13:16.433 --> 13:17.733 align:start position:47.5% line:84.67% size:7.5%
No.
13:17.866 --> 13:20.233 align:start position:47.5% line:84.67% size:7.5%
No.
13:20.366 --> 13:22.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
Those are paper bags for
the sugar or corn or rice.
13:22.766 --> 13:24.033 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
Oh they weren't
paper then,
13:24.166 --> 13:25.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
they're actually
a fiber bag.
13:25.866 --> 13:28.800 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
And yet they're very drab,
it's not really highly colorful.
13:28.933 --> 13:31.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
And did you see the one,
they're all in yellow and black.
13:31.733 --> 13:34.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
Oh yeah, they're giving
candy away to the judges.
13:34.300 --> 13:35.300 align:start position:45% line:84.67% size:12.5%
Yeah.
13:35.433 --> 13:36.933 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
You cannot do this.
13:37.066 --> 13:38.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
They're trying to
bribe the judges?
13:38.833 --> 13:40.333 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:27.5%
I think so.
13:40.466 --> 13:41.900 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
The judges are
taking the candy,
13:42.033 --> 13:43.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
I guess it must be okay.
13:43.633 --> 13:45.066 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5%
Yeah, and did
you see the two,
13:45.200 --> 13:46.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
I think it's like
two papangus.
13:47.000 --> 13:48.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
I think there's
three colors,
13:48.466 --> 13:49.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
it's black and
blue and red.
13:49.833 --> 13:52.533 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
It's so beautiful.
13:52.666 --> 13:56.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
Well, they keep on
coming don't they?
14:06.266 --> 14:09.166 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
This is a workshop in the town
of Bezerros for people who
14:09.300 --> 14:13.266 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
want to come here and learn how
to paint masks on their own.
14:13.400 --> 14:15.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Bezerros is known
throughout Brazil as
14:15.900 --> 14:17.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60%
a center of mask making.
14:17.800 --> 14:19.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
It's a curious fact about
people all over the
14:19.966 --> 14:22.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
world that they like
to make masks.
14:22.466 --> 14:24.533 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
When you put on a mask, it
changes your personality.
14:24.666 --> 14:26.933 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5%
Some places
specialize in them.
14:27.066 --> 14:29.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
There are some masks in the
world that are worth hundreds of
14:29.233 --> 14:32.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
thousands of dollars and these,
here in the town of Bezerros are
14:32.866 --> 14:35.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
certainly much more valuable
than those that come
14:35.566 --> 14:38.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
off the presses, the
automation of the
14:38.233 --> 14:42.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
factories in the Unites
States or China.
14:42.333 --> 14:44.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
It's a tribute to artistic
creativity that the masks
14:44.300 --> 14:49.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
becomes something
of lasting value.
14:49.933 --> 14:51.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
From the city of Bezerros,
we travel north into the
14:52.100 --> 14:58.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
agricultural heartland and the
nearby town of Nazare da Mata
14:58.900 --> 15:01.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
This is a sugarcane field
about 30 miles from
15:01.666 --> 15:05.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
the coast of North
Eastern Brazil.
15:05.733 --> 15:09.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
About 500 years ago this was
rainforest but for the last four
15:09.233 --> 15:16.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
centuries at least it's been
what you see now, sugar cane.
15:16.366 --> 15:18.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
The Portuguese imported
millions of slaves,
15:18.866 --> 15:21.266 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:32.5%
mostly to cut
the sugar cane.
15:21.400 --> 15:24.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
Since that time, the
technology for harvesting
15:24.933 --> 15:28.700 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
the cane has been
basically unchanged.
15:28.833 --> 15:34.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
It's still back,
back, back back,
15:34.266 --> 15:36.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75%
cut, cut, cut. It's dangerous.
15:36.633 --> 15:37.900 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:47.5%
It's back breaking.
15:37.966 --> 15:40.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
It's boring but the workers
here once a year have a chance
15:40.700 --> 15:48.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
to put together a ceremony that
is very, very different.
15:54.633 --> 15:57.566 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(Portuguese)
15:57.700 --> 16:01.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
Maracatu is a celebration put on
by sugarcane workers.
16:01.433 --> 16:04.066 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
They struggle seven days a
week to save enough money
16:04.200 --> 16:06.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
to create their costumes and
present the
16:06.633 --> 16:10.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
wonders of rural Maracatu
during carnival.
16:10.333 --> 16:12.100 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(Portuguese)
16:12.233 --> 16:13.633 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:42.5%
We perform twice.
16:13.766 --> 16:17.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
Today in the morning
and tomorrow night.
16:17.600 --> 16:19.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
They call this costume,
this representation,
16:19.700 --> 16:22.533 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45%
Caboclos de lança.
16:22.666 --> 16:25.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
The lance carriers, they
are extremely proud of
16:25.600 --> 16:27.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
their costumes,
as they should be.
16:28.000 --> 16:31.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
They walk all the way in
from various small towns,
16:31.466 --> 16:35.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
all the way around this
circumference of the city.
16:35.566 --> 16:37.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
Everyone in the North East
agrees that this is the
16:37.366 --> 16:41.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
most colorful Lentin
festivity in all of the region.
16:41.566 --> 16:42.866 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(Portuguese)
16:43.000 --> 16:45.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
This celebration
originated in slave times.
16:46.066 --> 16:50.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
These are ancient traditions
sewn in the sugar cane fields.
16:50.333 --> 16:53.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
To my father, and
his father and so on.
16:53.466 --> 16:56.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
This is what Maracatu
is all about.
16:56.333 --> 16:59.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
We've been doing these
dances for more than a century.
16:59.766 --> 17:01.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
We're very proud to
perform in front
17:01.766 --> 17:05.100 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5%
of the crowds that come here.
17:05.233 --> 17:08.066 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
It takes a month to put
together this head dress.
17:08.200 --> 17:14.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
We create camiza de oro
here in Nazaré da Mata.
17:14.966 --> 17:16.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
The themes here
are all very local,
17:16.733 --> 17:19.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
very historic and
part of the community.
17:19.300 --> 17:22.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Each group that comes in,
there are a bunch of them,
17:23.066 --> 17:27.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
represents their own town. And
it's their own pride.
17:28.066 --> 17:29.400 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(Portuguese)
17:29.533 --> 17:32.300 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25%
My name is
bacalhau meaning codfish.
17:32.433 --> 17:34.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
We put years of hard work
cutting sugar cane, cleaning
17:34.766 --> 17:37.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
fields, selling what
little we have all
17:37.566 --> 17:40.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
to continue this tradition.
We prepare the costumes.
17:40.633 --> 17:42.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
We gather branches
to build the frame.
17:43.000 --> 17:45.000 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:52.5%
We attach a cow bell.
17:45.133 --> 17:47.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Then we bundle it
all together and
17:47.366 --> 17:51.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
attach the different
shaped sequence.
17:51.500 --> 17:54.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
We tie this carpet like
curtain together and throw
17:54.466 --> 18:03.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
it over the serom and then
we have the Caboclos de lança.
18:03.900 --> 18:05.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
These Caboclos
have rose stems in
18:05.933 --> 18:07.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
their mouths, spears
in their hands.
18:07.700 --> 18:09.000 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
The lances are
decorated in
18:09.133 --> 18:13.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
colorful fabric
stripes or fitas.
18:13.366 --> 18:15.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
Sometimes we sell
everything we have and
18:15.366 --> 18:19.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75%
even go days without eating so
we can make our costumes.
18:20.066 --> 18:22.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Two people aren't enough,
10 are not enough.
18:22.633 --> 18:25.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
20 are not enough.
With fewer than thirty people,
18:25.866 --> 18:28.433 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:22.5%
we cannot
perform properly.
18:28.566 --> 18:31.566 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
We need a king, a
queen, jokers, aces.
18:31.700 --> 18:35.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
All those figures from
the royal African court.
18:35.400 --> 18:40.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
Sabuma, taroe,
queca, trombone.
18:40.833 --> 18:43.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
These are all the
instruments played,
18:43.133 --> 18:50.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70%
while the vocalist up on the
stage, tells his story.
18:50.133 --> 18:56.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
All the while, giving directions
to the dance performers.
19:02.266 --> 19:05.000 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:62.5%
I am the mestre bacalhau.
19:05.133 --> 19:12.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
As the afternoon wanes, we
returned to Recife in time
19:13.100 --> 19:16.133 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
for another pole,
another event,
19:16.266 --> 19:22.366 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
this time in historic
downtown Recife.
19:25.800 --> 19:27.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
We're well into the 4th
night of Carnival in
19:27.800 --> 19:30.200 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
Recife and the party
is still going on.
19:30.333 --> 19:33.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
This is a very different
social situation tonight.
19:34.066 --> 19:36.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
These are called
lyric blocos.
19:36.866 --> 19:38.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
The idea is that the
grandparents will explain
19:38.933 --> 19:41.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
to the children, this is
what Carnival is all about
19:42.033 --> 19:43.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5%
and the children well
then learn and pass this
19:43.966 --> 19:45.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65%
on to the next generation.
19:45.833 --> 19:48.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
There's good energy here,
but it's not the craziness
19:48.333 --> 19:54.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55%
we saw a few days ago.
19:55.066 --> 19:56.833 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30%
(Portuguese)
19:56.966 --> 19:59.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
The lyrical Carnival
shows us the
19:59.233 --> 20:02.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
romantic side of
this celebration.
20:02.566 --> 20:06.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
Instead of using
brass instruments that
20:06.200 --> 20:09.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
characterize the
frevo, here it is
20:09.200 --> 20:15.233 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
customary to celebrate
with lyrics.
20:15.366 --> 20:17.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40%
The participants
tend to be an older
20:17.300 --> 20:19.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50%
crowd that wishes to
perpetuate the good
20:19.833 --> 20:27.200 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
old days, the old
style Carnival.
20:27.333 --> 20:30.933 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65%
You can see here, you have
Grandmas with their grandsons.
20:31.066 --> 20:33.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5%
And you can spend
the whole night
20:34.066 --> 20:35.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70%
here with your whole family.
20:35.833 --> 20:37.333 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
This is within
the lyrical,
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they call it the
lyric blocks.
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Yeah, little kids like 2 or 3
years old, try to dance fervo.
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Yeah.
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So they just start to realize
how important is the Carnival.
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She's got on
Dad's shoulders.
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It's family night.
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She doesn't know but she
already loves Carnival.
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This is, I don't want
to say family fun,
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but it's Brazilian
family fun.
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The kind of celebration
that everybody can
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participate in.
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It's joyful.
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It's energetic.
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It's not without alcohol,
but everyone seems to
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incorporate that in.
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So the family comes here,
asserts the community and
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has a great time.
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The children learn to do
it and they will be able
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to perpetuate it
in the future.
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I managed to catch a
few hours of sleep,
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then left early
for the last pull,
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the final event
of Carnival.
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Ask any Brazilian
where you should go for
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Carnival, one of the
places they will always
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mention is Olinda.
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It's only a few miles
north of Recife,
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but it is a completely
different place.
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It's up on a hill,
where the wind comes.
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It's got colonial
architecture.
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It's a UNESCO World
Heritage Site,
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but it has it's own
distinct flavor of
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Carnival unmatched
anywhere else in Brazil.
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(Portuguese)
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People including myself travel
from other states
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to enjoy a truly traditional
Carnival experience.
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They can only be found
in Pernambuco and Olinda.
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Because Olinda is a UNESCO
world heritage site,
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the city fathers and
mothers and the state
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government have gone to
great lengths to preserve
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the architecture and
the cobble streets.
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This particular design
with a parallel row of
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blocks is called a parallepipido
found here in Olinda.
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The architecture goes back
for several hundred years
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involving both the
Portuguese and the Dutch.
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(Portuguese)
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The giant puppets
of Olinda
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began their history
in the 1920's.
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They were created as a way
to pay respects to friends
23:18.800 --> 23:24.200 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:37.5%
and family that
had passed away.
23:24.333 --> 23:29.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45%
For instance, if a
popular person or loved
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one from a neighborhood
dies then his or her
23:31.700 --> 23:36.666 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:47.5%
best friends create
a giant puppet.
23:36.800 --> 23:38.500 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55%
Then the dead person's
image can continue
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celebrating Carnival
in another form.
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This custom has expanded
over the years to include
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famous social figures,
such as soccer players,
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actors, politicians
and celebrities.
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Streets are really, really
narrow and you'll feel
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like you're in a
really small town.
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I think you are.
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Oh yes.
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And you also can feel
the fervor like on the streets.
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It's a law here and
during the Carnival,
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you don't have any other
music instead of fervor .
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I see and it can't
be amplified.
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Yeah it has to be
troça, which is
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I don't like five or
eight people.
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A small band.
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Mhm.
24:35.300 --> 24:36.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40%
And there we go.
24:36.400 --> 24:42.100 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35%
It sounds like
fervor to me.
24:42.233 --> 24:47.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5%
The puppets are heavy and the
bearers get very tired, so do I.
24:47.566 --> 24:51.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5%
After five days of Galo
da Madrugada, papangus,
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Colbocs de Lanza and even
the laid back old time Carnival.
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I'm ready to rest up for
next year in Pernambuco, Brazil.
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Mexico retains a mixture of
sophisticated, cosmopolitan
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cities and isolated, traditional
Indian towns.
25:17.066 --> 25:23.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:67.5%
Once each year, these towns
celebrate their ancient roots,
25:23.133 --> 25:27.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:77.5%
also with the blessing of their
contemporary priest.
25:27.366 --> 25:31.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:62.5%
Cuetzalan in the state of
Puebla is one such place.
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