Since the beginning of this year, Brazil’s National Congress made eleven changes in the Constitution feasible. Among them, there are changes whose obvious goal is helping to reelect president Jair Bolsonaro.
For Culture Talk this week we will visit the town of Arcoverde, Pernambuco state, where samba de coco is a cultural tradition that dates back to the slavery time. The Calixto family is one of the responsible for keeping the legacy alive and passing it on to new generations.
In Brazilianism Comida, we will see that together with rice, beans are the most important ingredient in brazilian cuisine. In today’s recipe, you are gonna learn a recipe to reuse beans leftovers.
To end this edition, let's get to know a music that comes from the city of Dourados, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. It’s electric guitar player Simão Gandhi. His guitar playing style is deeply influenced by American country artists, so much so that he plays by fingerpicking the strings, without using a plectrum. Take a look!
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Edited by: Flávia Chacon
