Courtyard

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This is the courtyard of the Saint Peter's Church in downtown of Recife. The courtyard and the church forms a very beautiful and rich architectonic group. There is an inscription above the church's door indicating the construction began in May, 3, 1728.

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Lost Church

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A church almost not realized in one of the busiest avenues in the city. Presbyterian Church of Boa Vista.
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Ki-grampão

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Hair clips. I love these hair clip packages. The whole design is naif, ingenuous. The name of the product is something like "what a big clip!" in a very coloquial use of portuguese, and the woman has a clip in her finger. Very funny I think. the packaging also states that the clips have protective bubble in the tips.
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Contemporary art

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This is the Santander Cultural in the most ancient neighborhood of Recife. The poster shows a picture of Paulo Meira. There is an exposition of his artworks there. In this photo, I liked the mix among ancient building, modern building and contemporary art in poster.

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Kart

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This is a karting indoor circuit where my friends and I dispute races sometimes. I went there today and a race was to begin.

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Church of Our Lady of Health

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This is the Church of Our Lady of Health in the neighborhood Poço da Panela (means "pit of the pan). This neighborhood is one of the most ancient and best preserved in Recife.

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Waterfall rappeling in Bonito, Pernambuco, Brazil

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This weekend I travelled by bicycle to Bonito, a countryside town in the Agreste region of Pernambuco, around 140km from Recife. Agreste is a narrow zone of transition between the coastal forest and the semiarid backland that we call Sertão.

Bonito means beautiful, that was the way hunters exploring the forests around the hamlet of São José dos Bezerros named the area after seeing it's streams of clean translucent water.

There are many waterfalls in Bonito, this one is called Véu da Noiva, that means Bridal Veil. Both Bonito and Bridal Veil are somewhat common names for towns and waterfalls respectively in Brazil.

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Spider Man in Olinda Carnival

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Spider Man jumped over the car in Olinda Carnival.

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Maracatu

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A Maracatu, afro-brazilian dance and rythm, by the streets of Olinda.

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Death in Carnival

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The Carnival is over, but I think some pictures or fantasies are very curious and interesting, like this, the death by the streets.

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Ponte do Imperador

Ponte do Imperador num dia comum no Recife

"Emperor's Bridge", an usual day in Recife

Olinda Carnival Tuesday

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Dolls of vultures in Carnival Olinda, Tuesday.

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Olinda Carnival Monday

Some picutres of Carnival in Olinda, Monday.

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Mr. Obama in Olinda Carnival.

Musicians.

A coffin with cold beers inside.

A picture of the picture. A monkey.

Mr. Castro in Olinda Carnival.

A big snake.

A musician.

Famtasies.

The kiss of Misericordy Hill.

Hellraiser.

Olinda Carnival Sunday

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Some pictures of Sunday Carnival in Olinda.

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Olinda Carnival Saturday

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Some picutres of Saturday, Carnival in Olinda. Fantasies, masks, heads, musicians, bands, giant dolls.

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Olinda Carnival Friday

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Some pictures of Carnival in Olinda, Friday.

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Igreja da Sé, Olinda

View of Sé's Church [Igreja da Sé] Olinda, afternoon. The church hovers out of reach above the city's turmoil of excitement that is carnival.

Missing / Desaparecida

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I do a pause in my Carnival pictures although the city breathes Carnival exclusively. Me and my bycicle went through this blue and ancient building. When I approached, I saw the poster on pole. This woman is missing. Somebody loves her, somebody searches her. For me, this poster, this scene has something of art, something of poetry, a poetic sadness. 

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Embora a cidade respire carnaval, é carnaval para todos os lados, ruas decoradas e interditadas, blocos pipocando aqui e ali sem mais, hoje interrompi minha sequência de fotos de carnaval. Eu passando de bicicleta perto do zoológico de Dois Irmãos e parei para fotografar essa casa azul antiga que pertence à companhia de águas. Quando me aproximei, vi esse cartaz no poste. A moça está desaparecida, alguém a ama e procura por ela. Como pode uma pessoa desaparecer? É fácil? É difícil? É inexplicável? Esse cartaz tem algo de arte contemporânea, tem algo de poético, uma tristeza poética, penso.

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Recife Carnival

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In this time, in Recife and Olinda, the only theme is Carnival. The towns and their people are eletric. This picture shows pieces of decoration in Recife downtown.
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Former Street of Jews

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This is one of the most ancient street of Recife. Nowadays, it's named Street of Good Jesus (Rua do Bom Jesus), but in past centuries it's named Street of Jews (Rua do Judeus) because there were in there a sinagogue. This is the Carnival decor placed in the street. The Carnival happens of march 5 to march 8.

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