Friday, May 29, 2015

The most popular parties in Brazil

by Ana Angélica

That Carnival is the biggest party of the country, no one doubts, but in the nation of samba and soccer there is room for other parties which bring their origins in the plurality of aggregated knowledge and cultures of other peoples who settled here in Brazil.

I will show you, blog reader of Theory of the fun, that our country is very rich in culture. Now I''k show some traditional festivals:

Carnival: is the biggest and best Brazilian party. So great that it attracts tourists worldwide. but the origin of it is not here, no. There are several theories that it may have started in Mesopotamia in Rome or Babylon. And, in some events, there were festivals, lots of food, drinks and sexual pleasures.


Feast of São João: this party is celebrated in June throughout Brazil, but it is in Caruaru, in Pernambuco, that it stands out. The firecrackers and rockets are a legacy of the Portuguese and Spanish,  celebrated here during the colonial period. Native delicacies complement the menu: peanut, corn, coconut etc.



Folkloric Festival of Parintins: also known as Festa do Boi Bumba, the Parintins Festival takes place in June, in the Amazon. Legend has it that the Catirina slave, who was pregnant, felt the desire to eat beef tongue. To satisfy her, her husband Chico killed the  animal and was eventually arrested for it. To get out of prison, healers helped him raise the animal. Because this story is that the animal is honored in Parintins. In it, there is fighting two oxen: the Garantido, represented by the color red, and the Caprichoso, blue. Each one makes a presentation at night and by the end, there are the awards, held at the Bumbódromo.


Feast of Peão de Barretos: This is one of the only Brazilian party which has no religious background and lasts about ten days. The festival revolves around rodeos and has country songs (or any current singer).


Oktoberfest: it has a German origin. Also known as beer festival, it moves the entire state of Santa Catarina, mainly the city of Blumenau. There happens one of the largest German festivals in the world, following the original steps in Munich. The celebration includes parades with costumes, dances, archery, typical foods and of course, lots of beer.



In my research I found several other Brazilian traditional parties, whether African, German, religious, etc., but particularly, these are the parties that I believe are the best known, at least, they are the parties that I know. 

And you? 
You know other traditional festivals in Brazil? Leave your suggestions in the comments.

Thanks for reading another publication of our blog.



Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Movies by Rodrigo


My name is Rodrigo and I’m a student as CNA Sete Lagoas.
We'll know a little about new movies.

 THEY'RE COMING!

v  Fantastic Four

 

That movie is expected to be released on August 7, 2015. The fans are so exciting about it. It is a big work of Marvel, and the story is about 4 people, who were teleported to another universe and together they have to discover about their abilities and defeat an old friend, who now is an enemy. The actors of this movie will be Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Michael B. Jordan.  I’m so anxious to watch this movie! I liked the story so much.  You can see the trailer here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctXEAzjSy6k

v Inside Out


It’s a Pixar Animation Studios production’s and is expected to be released on June 6, 2015.That movie has a good and creative history, about a little girl, who have a 5 “feelings” in her head, and they control all things she have to say or do. I like animations so much and I want to see that!

You can see the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MC3XuMvsDI

v The Longest Ride


The Longest Ride is a big production of the same creators of The Fault in our Stars. That movie is already released on April 10, 2015 and show us a history about an old man-Ira Levinson (Alan Alda) - who suffer an accident and he want to keep his conscience well, but he starts to see his wife-Ruth (Oona Chaplin) - who is dead for 9 years, and in same moment a romantic history starts again, now with Sophia Danko(Britt  Robertson) and Luke (Scott Eastwood). With that all love envolved, the life of that couples will meet. I didn’t see yet, but I want to do this! 

You can see the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUS_Q7FsfqU

v Poltergheist


Poltergheist is produced by Fox. It is a horror movie and it is about a devil spirit and a family. A little girl starts to make contact with them, and after she disappeared and nobody knows nothing about that. The family can do contact with her instead of a channel without signal. They contract a team of psychologist and a powerful medium to try to take the girl again. Is expexted to be released on May 21, 2015.

I like horror histories so much and I’m so exciting to see that! I can’t miss it.

v Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice


That movie is a big production of Warner and is expected to be released on March 25, 2016. The main actors are Ben Affleck (Batman) and Henry Cavill (Superman).I didn’t see the synopsis yet, but seeing the trailer, to my mind the Superman achieved fame, and became a “false god” and, after that him don’t worry anymore to the problems of city and the world, so I hope Batman kick his face and show how he should be a hero! I’m so exciting to see this, because the fight of them for years is expected. Will be a really fight of gods!
The trailer can be watched in this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe1LrMqURuw

v  If you liked, coment! Thank you.

The best cheap places to visit around the world by Arthur

Hey guys,who doesn't  like traveling? Specially to beautiful  and cheap places? Can you believe in the  world there are a lot of places of this kind: wonderfull and reallycheap?

So,I´ll share with you some places around the world that you can visit and enjoy a lot and spend a little.

1. India


Índia is the main place where you can stay in the country and  spend very little. There you have to visit from north to south of the country, cause there are lots of culture and religion.

Some of the many famous places in India which you can visit are:

New Déli: Capital of Índia,located inside metropolis of Déli,and serving as government house,considered one of the most city old in the world,New Déli have a lot of monuments,mosques and fortress,like,Tomb of Humayun,Qutab Minar,Temple of Lotus,The Red Fort,The temple of Akshardham,and so many other in Déli.

Jaipur: Located in desert of Rajastão is world-renowned like ´The pink city´,because every building in the Jaipur,your walls are pink.The end of the month March,every year the city receives a Holi,the traditional party where the men parade in the streets with turban and the women wear with the colorful ´sáris´,in that party happen too procession with decorated elephants.

Agra: When you are in Índia,Agra is the city where you cannot let visit,because there are  the famous and wonderfull Taj Mahal,considered one of the 7 modern wonders of humanity,and there exist to Agra fort,stay 2,5 Km of the Taj Mahal,is classified world heritage by Unesco

Varanasi: Is where are located one of the most famous tourist spot in the world,the majestic and mystical Ganges Rives.
The prices can be as varied as places,coming at your point more highs in the New Déli,Mumbai and others big cities.But is so easy travel by train spend a little,around the country exist a lot of hostels with the price so low.
And the coin(rupees) used there is very low, itis around US$0,02. Í

2. Sri Lanka


With your big exoticism,Sri lanka enchants everybody,who are in search,in most of the time for your archaeological  places,and your big building religious,like the biggest Buda Avukana at Kekirawa,ruín of Polonnaruwa and the Sigiriya fort.
Your main religious are the Buddhism and Hinduism,because of that,some religious place,the visitant need go barefoot.
With yours 66 thousand Km²,your biggest city is the capital Colombo,with more 700 thousand residents.
Some places interesting to meet in Sri lanka like:

Sigirya:It was old capital of Sri lanka,and was built over the rock and reised to a height of 370 meters and today is a world heritage by UNESCO,the place is really amazing,it was built in the form of a crouching lion,but what´s left was only theyr stately legs,that still impacts the size,and this old built it is a true garden with yours pools,sources and buildings,worth knowing

Kandy:Is the city Sri Lanka,which is around 115 km of its capital Colombo,is one city enough excited,with yours bazaars,is where found the temple of Buddha tooth,one of main center religious of Buddhist,in moth of July it happens,a festival that is celebrated with thousand pilgrims,visitants and magnificent elephants.

Anuradhapura:It is one of old capitals Sri lanka and also it is now a world heritage of UNESCO,this old city it is considered sacred  to Buddhists and is surrounded by monasteries covering a wide area,that city is important to the Hindu religion,as capital of king Asura Ravana,yours ruins are constituted for several buildings like:Palaces of queens,buddhist temple,gardens and others.

Get around it is nothing easy,you can find taxis,but they are more ´´expensive´´,as the famous Tuk Tuks,but this for shifts shorter,already to go in others cities,you can go by train or by plane,car is not recommended,because is so far and would come out more expensive,but if you want a good adventure is go by train,because are more crownd,but is more cheap.

The coin used it rupees of sri lanka,helps further,because your price around US$0,01.

3. Peru



With yours 30,8 thousand of residents,Peru is really incredible,located in wester south america,your capital is lima,it has varied weather,from the arid coast of pacific,until the equatorial in Amazon forest.The country it was the center a lot of americans civilizations,such as:Chavín,Moche,Nazca,Paracas,Huari e Tiahuanaco.

Surely the country have a many spots for a visit in Peru,I will name a few:

Machu Picchu:Many peoples consider this mystical place,where the silence predominates over the olds monuments this place have a large architectural structure,allowing a little more about the culture of the Incas.Machu Picchu it is what is left a lost city,since it has traces of palaces,squares,tample and agricultural areas

Titicaca lake:This lake find behind the Peru and Bolivia,is a lake navigable more high of the world  are 3.809 meters over the level of de ocean,yours dimensions are really unbelievable,having a lenght of  194 Km and a width of 64 Km and your depth can exceed 25 meters at Andes.Legend has it,the first couple Inca  was emerged of lake for sun god so as to establish the empire of Tawantisuyo,stretching for all the Andes.

The mystic valley of Arequipa:It is a cultural heritage of humanity,because of their incredible colonial buildings in white sillar out in churchs,houses,tamples and monasteries,there you can meet the Colca Valley and the Colca canion,salt reserves and white waters.

To get around there,you can get a bus or taxis,but the taxis don´t have a taximeter are negotiated,haggling same,but if you go far cities,you have two options,go by bus or by plane,by bus there is more advisable to be more cheap and be confortable too.
The coin used there is the ´Novo Sole´,today in exchange of this worth R$0,96

4. Turkey


Your location are between Europe and Asia,and with your mosques,balloon rides,spices,and your famous carpets,Turkey it is a really place of breathtaking.
And the seventh country more visited the world,there is no doubt that there,have a incredible places to visit there,

I´ll show some:
Pamukkle:Where the temperatures reach easilyin 40 degrees,the famous ´Cotton Castle´,as it is known,lets anyone delighted with yours petrified balconies floods of blue water,this place so it can be visited barefoot.The cool,people can come and swim,but the sad,in the course of time,the blues waters are drying.But while don´t dry,worth knowing.

Ephesus:It is an archaeological colossus,and it was one of the big city of empire,and where he was,the Temple of Artemis,one of the seven wonders of the ancient world that was destroyed in 401 a.c,getting today only its ruins.
Walking in there is faced with real treasures of the ancient world,as the roman amphitheater,which happened presentations,gladiatorial fights and animals and had capacity for 25 thousand people.Is really amazing.

Cappadocia:Where it is the most beautiful balloon ride of the world,can visit others incredible places,as subterranean city,Christians hid there,to protect themselves from Arabs,churchs and olds monasteries carved in rocks,monks valley,who believed that fairies,lived there,but actually,were eruptions who carved the rocks.

The transport there,is more or less easy,to contain many means of transport,can confuse the head of visitor,for which transport take to reach your destination,like:train,subway,boats,tram and other means of tranports there.
The coin used there is a Turkish lira,in today this exchange worth R$1,18.

5. Indonesia



This place are between the first place in my list to meet urgently,with goods waves,it became one of paradise for the surfers.And it is very exotic and religious,with their main religions the Buddhism , Hinduism , Christian and Pagan,Indonesia have more  17 thousand islands,it became the biggest archipelago of the world,having a lot of islands certainly has incredible places to meet,like:

Java Island:This island finds the biggest buddhist temple of the world,the Borobudur,it was built between 750 and 850 a.cthis temple bacame heritage of humanity by UNESCO,after to be forgotten and covered by volcano ash,and be restored completely after 100 years,the place is really incredible to contain big detail of gods corveds on stones.

Island of flowers:One of the best places to dive in the world,it finds the National park of komodo,it was founded in 1980 and in 2001 was voted one of new seven wonders.To walk in the Island is required company of a guide to instruct for don´t be attacked by the Dragon komodo.That island also is rich in marine life,thousands of species of fishs,coral,and sharks livin there.

Gili islands:Are small island getting near a famous Bali island,really looks be beautiful,having a blue ocean,with yours transparent water.
With few major,as for those who like clubs,other for the hotels,and other more quiet for families do not want mess.
Having a lot of things to do in this islands,besides spending hours relaxing in the beach,you can too walk around in the island,as on foot as by bike,make a scuba dive,and still see a incredible sunset in this island of Indonesia.

To get around between more 17 thousand islands can be a little complicated,but is most advisable move there is by plane,but have a bus,train,boats,for those who prefer to spend a life inside of transport like this,they can reach 24 hours between an island and another trip.
So is better take a airplane,having two main airlines:Garuda Indonesia and Air ASia,and they make many promotions of ticket air between the islands.
The coin used there is a Indonesia rupiah,in the exchange today are worth R$0,23 so is it´s really cheap to meet Indonesia.


So I hope you enjoyed this post!!!