Parantins

Bumba Meu Boi, a major festival celebrated in June, is second only to Carnivale. It’s a brief play which tells a story of the death and resurrection of an ox as a proxy for social criticism between classes. While professional teams spend half the year preparing costumes, sets of giant moving creatures, we had a chance to witness a local village school production. The Chief of the village devotes himself to his mission to preserve the traditional dances and stories important to this celebration. He passes them on to high school kids so as not to interfere with their future college and career plans.Okumaya devam et