Category Archives: Brazil

Tuparí Ethnomusiciology Project/Indigenous Culture Primer

South America, refuge of the last uncontacted tribes on the planet, is a land of stunning contrasts. On the southeast coast lie São Paulo (seventh largest city in the world) and Rio de Janeiro, home to Copacabana and Ipanema Beach … Continue reading

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Um Saborzinho da Amazônia (A Little Taste of the Amazon)

Opa!! Filme da viagem para o Brasil! My buddy Ryan Patch just cut this footage together from our trip to Waruá, the Dâw village on the banks of the Rio Negro. This’ll probably serve as the credit/outro sequence of the … Continue reading

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Dâw

Before, they used to call themselves Kamã, or “dogs.” Now they call themselves People. Louiza Dâw Filinho Dâw Deolinda Dâw Moleque Dâw Ozimar Dâw Avó Dâw Daniela Dâw Moleque Dâw Apréjio Dâw

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Brazil

There’s no place in the world quite like Brazil. A growing world power along with other BRIC nations (Russia, India, China), Brazil is a textbook study in contrasts. Brazil’s inequality (in terms of Gini coefficient, a common measurement of wealth … Continue reading

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