Território do Brincar
Little wooden car
Location: Alto Santa Maria – Espírito Santo Fernando lives in the hills of the state of Espírito Santo but he speaks Pomeranian…
Making the banana leaf skirts
We arrived at David’s grandfather’s banana plantation after a long hike. Turning left by the cemetery, we walked down a path through…
The parade of the cardboard caretas
By the afternoon, everything has changed: no longer bought or rented from a store, but built artisanally by Dodô’s talented hands, the…
Come on careta, come on!
Those who walk down the streets of Acupe (in the state of Bahia) on Sundays in July can’t avoid meeting the traditional…
A chat with Lira Marques
Lira is one of those people that contributes to the beauty of the world. She put two braids in her hair when…
The children’s samba de roda of Saubara
Today we went to visit the Children’s Samba de Roda of Saubara, a town next to Acupe. Dona Anna is an old…
Little doll dresses
Rebeca is a shrewd girl, she always has the right answer on the tip of her tongue. Besides the answers, her tongue…
Reisado
Velho Tonho connects with places that not everyone can reach. He travels far, solitary, persistent. He stays committed to his own singular…
The beach at Oiteiros
The coastal Amazon still preserves some of its traits on the beach of Oiteiros, on the western shores of Maranhão, through its…
Fishing
Who has line? Who has a hook? Just finding these things is a mighty hunt for these boys. Finding what’s needed to…
The Panará and their children
Recent linguistic and ethnic-historical data show that the Panará of Peixoto Azevedo/sources of the Iriri River are the last descendants of a…
The Traditional Pomeranian Wedding – part II: Children
We visited the house of Mr. Levi Roger on a sunny Sunday, when he was hosting friends and family, as they do…
To play and learn by doing
Check out some excerpts of our interview with Prof. Dr. Paulo César Scarim, geographer at the Espírito Santo Federal University (UFES), about…
The Castaways and Pirates of Learning
The coastal Amazon still preserves some of its traits on the beach of Oiteiros, on the western shores of Maranhão, through its…
The children of Araçuaí
As soon as the “china” (marbles) game ended, I asked the boys why it is that adults today insist on saying that…
Three Kings’ Party in Araçuaí
Conceição greeted us in a printed skirt, her hair wrapped in cloth and the baby Jesus in her arms. We sat at…
Pomeranian Festival in Santa Maria de Jetibá
Every year the town of Santa Maria de Jetibá organizes its traditional Pomeranian Festival. To hold a festival that celebrates the traditions…
“They think we don’t know anything”
“I think they think we don’t know anything,” he said when I asked him why adults today always say that children don’t…
The patriotic parade of the “Brave People of Acupe”
For days no one has talked about anything other than the parade for the 7th of September. The schools were preparing so…
Kids on the farm
The children in Alto Santa Maria take part in their parents’ work on the farm from an early age. Babies even have…
Concertina
How do children learn traditions? How do they follow the rhythms of the life and culture of a people? Normally, they learn…
The community of Tatajuba (Ceará state)
You need help to see the surroundings of Tatajuba, like in the Eduardo Galeano story in which a boy, upon looking at…
The community of Jaguarão
The horizon opens over the pampas, the lowlands of Southern Brazil, and the eyes drift far with the aerial dance of the…
The Abadia community
Abadia is a land of people knowledgeable about prayers, Three Kings’ Day parties, cantigas de roda, and making bread and cookies in…
The community of Alto Santa Maria
Our first stop on the trip: the community of Alto Santa Maria. This is a Pomeranian community settled on the slopes of…
Little houses (Kukre pam)
In the village, houses are for resting and sleeping, and the Panará sleep in hammocks or beds they build themselves. In the…
Mango tree house
It’s so amazing how Brazil has so many games happening under a mango tree, or other fruit trees, that you could write…
Little ox carts
The roar comes from a distance, and has been heard since long ago. A good cart has to roar, has to make…
Timbaúba canoes
Playing with canoes made from timbaúba, or earpod tree, is an old tradition among the children and adults in Tatajuba. They are…