Celia Mara was born July 27, 1961 in Pedra Azul, a small town in Minas Gerais near the Bahian border, in Brazil. The area is one of today’s poorest regions in the world and of the richest in minerals. Celia Mara grew up with music. “I remember my mother and sisters singing all day long.” In 1997, she founded the band potenciaX , where samba met funk and jazz. In December of 1997 she completed the independent production of the CD Hot Couture do Samba (released in 1998) – which opened her the way to the Austrian Broadcasting Company (national Radio & TV) – where her songs get continuous airplay since then. In 1998 and 1999 she performed Hot Couture do Samba at the main Austrian festivals and concert-halls. In 2000 she was been elected in Austria’s Concerto-Poll, a selection of public and journalists, best world music artist. Her live performance impressed, but Celia Mara was not completely satisfied with her musical output. She had something on her mind, but nobody understood. In 2001 she started to experiment with an Apple G3 and the audio-program Logic. Together with her friend Sweet Susie, resident DJ DubClub / Flex / Vienna, they learned how to build up grooves, how to arrange electronically, exchanged their different visions of music and dedicated time to stay indoors and start producing. In 2002 the first Logic-Release came out: the soundtrack to the documentary Salgueiro Queens relative citizenship (best video production at black international cinema 2003 / Berlin). Together with ethnologist Silvia Santangelo Jura, she produced the event Culture is our Weapon to build up a mental relation between Brazilian racism and Austrian segregation. It brought her the Herta Pammer Preis 2003 for innovative social and global education. But Celia Mara needed to go back to Brazil again. She went to Salvador (Bahia), mostly to relax, get Brazilian vibes again and to organize an artist casting for UNESCO / cultural industries workshop, analyzing at the local scene. In 2003 she worked on her new songs, composing, arranging and also did some teaching: “The computer as an arranging tool for singer/songwriters” at the UNESCO / IMZ creative industries workshop for Latin American artists 2003 in Salvador. 2004 was dedicated to studies and developing and producing the new bastardista project, which was released in May 2005. Bastard sound out of the Brazilian diaspora With her program Bastardista, Celia Mara entered straight ahead in the Top 10 of the European World Music Charts, climbed up the play lists all over Europe and Russia, was ranked various times among the best of the year, best of the week selections in different countries and got amazing reviews in the international music-press. Celia Mara won as well the 2006 Brazilian culture export award Copa da Cultura, Brazil in Germany. With her live project, she performed on various huge festivals in Europe (like the Africa-festival in Wurzburg, Zeltival/Karlsruhe, Sabor de Samba/Offenburg or Sunsplash/Wiesen) and at major festivals in Russia (Ethnoland, Moscow). She provided her voice against homophobia and racial discrimination at Berlins CSD for 400.000 people, presented her bastardista songs during the carnival in Brazil as well as in exclusive clubs between London, Moscow and Prague. And, highlighting the bastardista live-tour, she performed at the fabulous Vienna Opera house, during the Jazzfest Vienna, sharing the stage with legendary Omara Portuondo. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Please enter an answer in digits:sixteen + six = 2014 3:28 PM EDTAs the host country of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will be one of this summer’s most popular destinations From June 12 to July 13—the tournament dates—Brazil expects to host about 600,000 foreign tourists Within the 12 host cities are some of the world’s most stunning beaches and creative neighborhoods including Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro and the exquisitely decorated streets of Manaus Elsewhere in Brazil are more gems from the South American country’s seemingly endless must-sees to the remarkably designed Niterói Contemporary Art Museum to towering or the blue mountain of Pedra Azul [googlemaps https://mapsengine.google.com/map/embed?mid=zK8gH3hr1wi8.kV0ER-3hZZ7o&w=937&h=700%5D Smith Gallery is pleased to welcome back Brazilian painter Bruno Novelli for his second solo exhibition Spanning the main gallery and project room Novelli expands on his visual language defined by luscious colors Roughly translating to “tourmaline sky,” Turmalinas No Céu explores what Novelli terms a “tropical delirium,” a type of aesthetic utopia where imagery imbued with personal meaning materializes into paradisiac landscapes viewers can feel the pulse of Novelli’s nocturnal jungle scenes Spider monkeys peer out from behind mountains of sliced agate while glowing moons coax tropical flowers to bloom Alongside scenes of fantastical rainforest flora are smaller canvases that Novelli describes as invitations for introspective experience In contrast to the spindly jungle scenes of the larger canvases many of these smaller scale works feature hazy color gradients and slices of Brazilian gemstones sprinkled over the surface laden with slices of watermelon tourmaline ripe enough to eat Bruno Novelli’s bricolage of tropical visions travels across the equator and back again in Turmalinas No Céu Novelli studied sculpture at the School of Visual Arts in New York City; Drawing at the Atelier Livre da Prefeitura de Porto Alegre in Brazil attended to painting classes with Paulo Pasta at Instituto Tomie Othake in Sao Paulo and Graphic Design at ESPM in Sao Paulo Novelli is a founder of the Universidade Autoindicada por Entidades Livres which was created to articulate interdisciplinary artistic research Novelli is also co-founder of Metagrafismo (Metagraphism) an experimental collective exploring the graphic potential of metalinguistics Novelli’s work has been exhibited in his native Brazil There might be something in the ample bird droppings left behind by the jacu When life gives you bird poop, you can only very rarely turn it into staggeringly good coffee, but that is just what Sloper did. In 2006, he produced the first jacu bird coffee, made from washed and roasted grains that had been hand-picked from the defecated remains of the birds’ meals. Today, it is among the most expensive in the world, selling at around $110 for a measly 4.5 ounces of coffee Prominent French chef Alain Ducasse is a fan The jacu, which looks a bit like a pheasant with a distinctive bright-red waggly decolletage, is a protected bird in Brazil. Wild birds of the forest, they suffered from the country's deforestation initiatives (just between 2000 and 2006, Brazil destroyed a swath of forest land that rivaled the size of Greece) Now there’s a jacu sanctuary near Camocim estate and the digested coffee has a distinctive nutty flavor The jacu bird’s vegetarian diet plays a part in the coffee’s flavor: Some batches will have notes of apricot seed and truffles or other wild berries consumed by the bird Harvest season typically runs April through October and the jacu sightings on the estate multiply around this time When life gives you bird poop, you can only very rarely turn it into staggeringly good coffee, but that is just what Sloper did. In 2006, he produced the first jacu bird coffee, made from washed and roasted grains that had been hand-picked from the defecated remains of the birds’ meals. Today, it is among the most expensive in the world, selling at around $110 for a measly 4.5 ounces of coffee The jacu, which looks a bit like a pheasant with a distinctive bright-red waggly decolletage, is a protected bird in Brazil. Wild birds of the forest, they suffered from the country’s deforestation initiatives (just between 2000 and 2006, Brazil destroyed a swath of forest land that rivaled the size of Greece) Sign up for our newsletter and get the best of Gastro Obscura in your inbox Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders The community program visits the city of Labrea presenting a week-long event filled with sports and arts activities 2015 – Caravana do Esporte (Sports Caravan) and Caravana as Artes (Arts Caravan) continue to expand in Brazil with a week-long program that took place August 25-29 in Labrea created by ESPN in collaboration with UNICEF Brazil and the Institute for Sports and Education helps communities to engage children with sports Since the program’s inception 10 years ago Sports Caravan has impacted 2.5 million children in 23 states and 104 municipalities The Sports Caravan in Labrea was filled with sports and arts activities for children led by the participation of a variety of Brazilian sports and music celebrities ESPN Brasil will televise a recap of the event on September 20 at 7:00 p.m “ESPN is very proud of Sports Caravan It has been an honor for us to be part of this project from the very beginning and to contribute to its impressive performance that has provided evidence of the power of sports and arts in the lives of countless people in remote areas,” said German Hartenstein “The journalistic content of the Caravans is also unique in the Brazilian television industry and I am sure that sports fans will be rewarded with yet another great program.” were in Labrea this year to participate in scheduled activities children can watch Disney’s famous movies together with their families “We are very excited to participate in the Sports Caravan a program that travels throughout different parts of the country teaching important values to children Senior Vice-President of The Walt Disney Company (Brazil) “Disney’s involvement is aligned with our corporate citizenship platform “Inspire-se” and promoting healthy living and conservation of the environment.” Labrea is characterized by its indigenous population making this Caravan particularly special as it involves indigenous children “We must guarantee every child’s right to play sports and to learn We need to keep a vigilant eye on indigenous boys and girls who have been consistently excluded from major wins in terms of rights in this country We want the Caravan to serve as inspiration for municipalities so that all children can learn and live their culture,” said Unai Sacona UNICEF’s coordinator for the Amazon Region who represented the organization in Labrea UNICEF’s Sports for Development specialist in Brazil “By bringing the Caravan to an indigenous community but also shedding light on the enormous inequalities that these people experience Cultural diversity in the Amazon Region is our greatest wealth Sports help us come together and move forward with this valuable and rich diversity.” the Sports and Arts Caravans have already toured across five other Brazilian cities including Nazare da Mata (PE) Going strong for 10 years and working in rural municipalities in Brazil – selected together with UNICEF— that have low to medium scores on the Human Development Index Caravana do Esporte boasts impressive figures Its outreach includes 2.5 million children with 30,000 trained professionals and 120 volunteer athletes and celebrities Activities featured during each stage follow the principles of public involvement the project’s most important achievements include decrease in school absence greater involvement of parents in school activities more children participating in their classrooms greater motivation of professionals working in public education and the development of public policy to enforce children’s rights About The Walt Disney Company Latin America The Walt Disney Company Latin America is responsible for the Disney brand and all its business across Latin America. It has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, México, U.S. (Miami) and Venezuela. For more information please visit our web sites www.disneylatino.com  y www.disney.com.br Follow the conversation with the hashtag #CompromisoDisney A hot cup of coffee in the morning can be the perfect way to start your day most of us go for well-known blends such as a French roast or a tasty Kona blend But if you're looking to step up your coffee-drinking game you might want to look into Brazil's finest coffee — Wild Jacu Bird Coffee Jacu Bird Coffee comes from the feces of the Jacu bird digesting them and eventually pooping them out Farmers then gather these droppings and wash the beans hidden inside them to turn them into coffee Wild Jacu Bird Coffee is some of Brazil's best coffee and is highly sought after If you still need convincing that this coffee is worth its salt here's what else you need to know about Brazil's finest coffee and how it's made Jacu birds are native to the Pedra Azul region of Brazil they often plagued coffee farmers by eating their ready-to-harvest crop one wise farmer decided not to try chasing these birds off but to try harvesting the digested coffee beans found in their poo The farmer in question was a man named Henrique Sloper de Araújo Sloper de Araújo had recently learned about Kopi Luwak Coffee after a trip to Indonesia is made by collecting the poo of an animal after it eats coffee beans the beans are washed and processed into a tasty beverage Sloper de Araújo, realizing the popularity of Kopi Luwak coffee, thought he could make his own Brazilian version of this bizarre coffee by doing the same thing with Jacu bird poo Because Jacu birds eat only the best coffee cherries the beans they were pooping out proved to be high-quality and perfect for roasting coffee Sloper de Araújo quickly began producing more of the coffee Jacu Bird Coffee has become Brazil's finest and most expensive coffee If you're lucky enough to get a cup of the coveted Wild Jacu Bird Coffee, you might be surprised at the flavor. While it sounds like it could be an odd-tasting brew, thanks to the way it's made, Jacu Bird Coffee tastes quite delightful. Sloper de Araújo stated in an interview with Modern Farmer nutty flavor with nuances of sweet aniseed." On top of that altering the flavor of each batch of beans However, if you want to try some for yourself, you'll need help finding it. Because the beans must be harvested by hand, it's a highly time-consuming and labor-intensive job. As a result, the coffee beans are costly, retailing at about $220 for a standard 8-ounce bag of coffee making it hard for you to get your hands on it One place where you will have some luck finding the brew is if you take a trip to the Pedra Azul region of Brazil and get it from the source you can always buy the beans online and have them sent to you but then you'll have to pay even more to cover shipping with their visually rich language firmly anchored in their native land of brazil the brothers draw from a rich palette of colours forms and materials to communicate the many facets and contradictions of their environment they understand the notion of design as a cultural appropriation of influences navigating and transcending the boundaries of art and design in the form of on-off pieces and limited editions visitors are encouraged to explore the projects freely in an undetermined sequence which have been loosely arranged in groups to trace the artistic strategies motifs and sources of inspiration of the designers ‘clusters’ and ‘sticks’ all of which chronicle and illustrate the full spectrum of the brothers’ works (left) ‘prived ocra’ chandelier rafia (right) ‘taquaral’ chair powder-coated steel images © designboom objets trouvés: reinterpreting everyday objects and materials from non-design contexts and utilizing them to create new works is a practice that italian designer achille castiglioni employed back in the 1950s while castiglioni was most interested in the resulting functional effects the campanas foreground the artistic concept in a way similar to both surrealism and the cult objects of indigenous societies: the histories already contained in the objects and materials imbue the new piece with additional meanings cabling ‘diamantina III’ seating landscape amethysts ‘gallon lamp 6’ floor lamp hybrids: in their ‘mixed series’ the campanas juxtaposed organic and inorganic ‘warm’ and ‘cold’ materials with their ‘transplastics’ series they have once again taken up this approach by inter-weaving wicker with unexpected materials humberto had made use of the three-dimensional malleability of wickerwork; today the material is employed in lighting and seating units to produce large-scale figurative sculptures details of ‘gallon lamp 6’ images © designboom (left) in the foreground: ‘una famiglia’ suite rattan (top right) ‘shark’ easy chair cane (bottom right) ‘cafe chair’ child’s armchair detail of ‘shark’ easy chair image © designboom exhibition view of ‘paper pieces’ image © designboom paper pieces: inspired by the stacks of cardboard that are reused and recycled by the junk collectors and homeless of sao paulo’s streets the campanas came up with the idea of taking advantage of the transparency revealed when looking directly at the narrow cut edges of the material and using it to create light pieces and partition screens they soon began to utilize cardboard in tables and seating furniture as well in the foreground (from left to right): ‘papel’ side table exhibition view of ‘fragments’ image © designboom fragments: the fragmentation and reassembly of an object is an established artistic technique for impressionists it served to infuse a momentary sensation with life while in cubism it expressed the simultaneity of varying perspectives humberto utilized this approach in his early terracotta sculptures in order to depict inner and outer disjointedness with the ‘favela’ armchair of 1991 the motif became a tribute to improvisation and ephemera foam (right) ‘untitled’ fruit bowl in the foreground: ‘peter and the wolf; wolf’ stage prop glue the figure was created for the campanas’ set of a production of sergei prokofiev’s musical fable ‘peter and the wolf’ performed at new york’s guggenheim museum during the 2008 christmas season in the background: ‘untitled’ fruit bowl exhibition view of ‘clusters’ image © designboom clusters: extracting manufactured or found materials and objects from their original context and clustering them together in order to create a newly formed mass is a recurring technique of the campanas the excessive growth of the tropical flora and the population explosion of brazil’s metropolitan centers offer striking models for this motif ‘tokyo garden’ table centrepiece hemp and rag dolls image © designboom exhibition view of ‘sticks’ (from left to right) ‘untitled’ mirror scotch tape ‘pedra azul’ chair lacquered steel wire ‘batuque’ vase sticks: the series of objects that the campanas constructed as a jumble of sticks seems to reflect artificial, man-made chaos – an impression also evoked by such titles as ‘batugue’ or ‘blow up‘.  this series was initiated by one of humberto’s first works in metal: the ‘grelha’ sculpture which resembles the frame of an oversized (‘barbecued’) chair thus coming across as a cynical commentary on design (left to right) ‘bob’ armchair lacquered steel wire image © designboom (in the foreground) ‘novelo’ sofa exhibition view of ‘organics’ image © designboom organics: overabundant yet threatened by overexploitation the natural environment of brazil has been a source of regeneration and inspiration that the campanas have sought out again and again ever since their childhood the diverse extremes of tropical forms and colours are processed into highly imaginative interior objects which in turn come across like organic beings and thus enliven their surroundings some of their earliest works appear as mutations spawned by the contact with civilization.  (left) detail of ‘kaiman jacarè’ sofa 2006 (right) detail of ‘boa’ sofa polyurethane foam images © designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Over 85% of Brazil's Atlantic Forest has been felled over the last few hundred years - but life continues to cling to the fragments that remain A newly-created reserve will ensure that one of these fragments along with the six globally-threatened birds it harbours the Atlantic Forest formed a thick green blanket across the east coast of Brazil sparking one of the most terrifying rates of deforestation the world has ever seen plantations and quarries stand where 88% of the Atlantic Forest once proudly stood All that remains of this vital ecosystem today are scattered patches of degraded The decimation of the Atlantic Forest is an ongoing tragedy for biodiversity Despite only being a fraction of its former glory the Atlantic Forest is still home to a huge number of plants and animals – enough new species are being discovered all the time in the fragments that remain – or in the case of the Critically Endangered (CR) Cherry-throated Tanager Nemosia rourei This colourful tanager was known only from a single shot specimen in 1870 for many decades before its dramatic rediscovery in the 1990s with an estimated global population of less than 200 adult birds It may be that there are further populations out there skulking in as-yet unexplored fragments but for now all we can do is protect the habitats that host the populations we do know about there was a major advancement on this front – the establishment of a 1,688 hectare refuge protecting one of the last strongholds of this beleaguered species The newly-created Águia Branca Private Reserve now represents the second largest private protected area in the Brazillian state of Espírito Santo The newly-created Águia Branca Private Reserve © SAVE BrasilThe newly-created Águia Branca Private Reserve SAVE Brasil (BirdLife Partner) has been acting in the region since 2005 and has supported Grupo Águia Branca (one of the country’s largest transportation and logistics company) in the creation of this private reserve For many years SAVE Brasil has also been working along the state government for the creation of a 4,300 hectare wildlife refuge adjacent to the private reserve The public consultations were held in April 2016 which is recognized by BirdLife as a priority IBA (Important Bird & Biodiversity Area) of which are six are globally threatened – none more so than the Cherry-throated Tanager The cherry-throated tanager occurs primarily in the canopy of humid montane forests at elevations between 850 to 1,250 meters Single individuals or groups of up to ten birds can be found and they are occasionally associated with mixed-species flocks The population is estimated at only 50-249 individuals occasional records are always of small groups of 2-3 individuals observed at the same site which indicates that the same individuals are observed over and over there may be less than 50 individuals in the world The Caetés region is also important for five other globally threatened birds: White-necked Hawk Vinaceous Amazon and the Bare-throated Bellbird Threatened mammals also occur in this region including the endangered Buffy-headed Marmoset and the Brown-throated Sloth The creation of the private reserve represents an important victory for the long-term conservation of the these species and it is hoped that it will accelerate the process to create the proposed public protected area protecting a total of 6,000 hectares of a unique Atlantic Forest habitat We are grateful to BirdLife Species Champion Dr who supports our work for Cherry-throated Tanager through the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme Text: Hugo Rocha Pereira | Photo: Mauro Mota | Translator: João Diogo Rocha Pereira Maya Gabeira is considered to be the best ever female big wave rider It is hers the record for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman (13,7 meters in Dungeons South Africa); and the five awards achieved at the big waves surfing Academy Awards (the XXL awards Besides being towed through jet ski to the world’s biggest waves the Brazilian is also known for her sex appeal which brings her opportunities to star in casual and sports fashion ad campaigns We exchanged a few words after some morning waves at Coxos to know a little more about the coming of this big waves muse to Portugal Can you tell us a little about this adventure that Red Bull provided for you to come here today which is a country with vast potencial for big waves (such as in Nazaré) e for really good waves which holds several high profile point breaks We came to observe this potencial and to ride some waves while we’re at it When did you arrive to Portugal and where have you been staying We arrived Monday (October the 14th) and we have been staying in Nazaré We’ll stary for another ten days and we might travel some more through Portugal my great-grandparents were Portuguese and I also hold a Portuguese citizenship Is it true that the main reason you came to Portugal is to break the world big waves record The intention is to come back more often to Portugal and Nazaré leaving our surfboards here and getting the jet skis that we’ll need in the future Leave it all ready for the next opportunity when there’s a favourable forecast of big waves coming to Portugal during the upcoming winter And what are your first impressions about Ericeira and Portugal Was there any wave in Ericeira that you’ve enjoyed the most beautiful places…and it’s so good to be able to speak Portuguese far from home (laughing) I came to get to know and surf every wave…and then I’ll decide which one I like the most (laughing) Esta publicação também está disponível em | This article is also available in: Portuguese (Portugal) A special edition of the “Good Morning Ceramics” initiative