The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum
The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum, created in 1968, is heir to the movement institutionalized as the “Campaign for the Defense of Brazilian Folklore”. By Matthias…
Benguela and Brazil
By Mariana P. Candido. Histories that problematise colonialism Benguela. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino. The Angolan city of Benguela, also known as Ombaka in Umbundu, is the…
The Lapa district, a stronghold of rogues and bohemians
By Juliana Pereira & Matthias Röhrig Assunção. PUSTKOW, Friedrich. View of Santa Thereza. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: G. Leuzinger Ed., [1850]. 1 engraving, lithography, ,…
15th of November Square: Did Capoeira in Rio began here?
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Largo do Paço (detail). Engraving by Fredrich Salathé (1793-1858), from the album Souvenirs de Rio de Janeiro (1834), based on a…