Workshops for play: hands and desires

Location: Alto Santa Maria – Espírito Santo Fernando lives in the hills of the state of Espírito Santo but he speaks Pomeranian

Rebeca is a shrewd girl, she always has the right answer on the tip of her tongue. Besides the answers, her tongue

We visited the house of Mr. Levi Roger on a sunny Sunday, when he was hosting friends and family, as they do

As soon as the “china” (marbles) game ended, I asked the boys why it is that adults today insist on saying that

It’s so amazing how Brazil has so many games happening under a mango tree, or other fruit trees, that you could write

The roar comes from a distance, and has been heard since long ago. A good cart has to roar, has to make

Playing with canoes made from timbaúba, or earpod tree, is an old tradition among the children and adults in Tatajuba. They are

  The sea calls for navigators, it calls for floating with sails puffed by the wind, it asks for the precision of

According to its citizens, Abadia is a land of medicine women, midwives and herbs that work better than any pill. A land

Neck deep in water, Felipe never tired of watching his little boat slide around on the whims of the wind and the

There are boys who, while making their toys, are like a bird learning to fly, they have a deep desire and persistent

The days go by but the kids’ desire to show us what they know remains. When night falls they’ve already surrounded us

For days the boys of Tatajuba have been telling us about their tiny weapons made of palm straw. I’ve seen entire arsenals

August is the windy month, and the winds call for bicudas and arraias, or airplanes and kites, in the sky. Acupe is