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(Source, Fábio Braga) When I lived in San Diego almost a decade ago, in my college years, I frequented open-mic nights throughout the city and they remain some of the best memories I have of that …
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Do you know how to say that you are jealous in Portuguese? Often times, the use of a word in Portuguese is confusing even when you know the word's translation in English. The word “jealous” is one …
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(Source) "O maior prazer de um homem inteligente é bancar o idiota diante do idiota que quer bancar o inteligente" - Confucious Bancar The quote above, attributed to Confucious, basically says …
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(Source) Mestre Vitalino was a man who never saw himself as an artist or master yet he always was one. He spent the 50-odd years of his life making clay figurinhas, although he was also an …
June 19 is Dia do Cinema Brasileiro (Day of the Brazilian Cinema). The date was created to celebrate the rebirth of our amazing movie industry and the incredible films that it continues to gift …
(A little joke from Yahoo Answers) I’ve been reading a great little book called Folclore Brasileiro by Nilza Megale, a primer on Brazilian folklore which runs the gamut from the musical to the …
