Right before we went home, we were happy to see a group of capoeira performing a very nice show right in the middle of the park. A good number of people gathered around the circle and everyone seemed to really enjoy it the demonstration of the brazilian art, specially me. I took advantage of the moment and shot a video of the Capoeira group. The group is called Grupo Capoeira Brasil and they’re located at New York City. Boneco is the Master (Instructor) of the group and Caxias the counter-master.

Capoeira is a blend of martial art, game, and dance originated in Brazi during the 16th century, it was created and developed by native Indians in Brazil and the slaves.

For more information visit their website » www.nyccapoeira.com.

Sometime in the future I will write an whole article about capeira, how and who started, how to learn, the benefits for the health and so much more.

Miss Brazil USA 2007 winner, Heloísa Alves, attended to the event. She walked the walk showing once again why she stood out the most last year. And it wasn’t the first time. Heloisa has won other beauty pagents like Miss Latina Seattle and runner up of Miss Latina Mundo, she has participated of mexican reality show La Academia and is the lead singer of the band Oziris. As well she had done TV comercial for Bally Total Fitness and Cingular Wireless.

Everyone of the participants of the contest have the same dream: to be successfull as former winners had like the TV star Ana Carolina Fonseca (winner in 1997 ), actress, model, TV hostess and journalist Sharon Lima (winner in 1996), and the singer and TV hostess of Fox Network Ana Lygia Galvão (winner in 1992), besides many others brazilian models which work in the fashion world.

This is the video of the event of Miss Brazil USA in Newark.

For more information about the contest you can visit the oficial Miss Brazil USA website and follow the news from National Brazilian Newspaper.

Event promoted by Miss Brazil USA team.
Época Enterprise and BRMedia.
Beatriz Leitze, Caca Santos, Caio Castro.
Photographer Lee Ivens-Ferraz.

Newark, New Jersey – 2008

This movie was filmed and edit by Thiago Prado. All rights reserved.

And it doesn’t stop there. Brazil has a great variety of cultures, different types of land, vegetation. But what’s most amazing to me is the amount of variety you can find in such a relatively small state. One of the most well known shores of the world: Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon. And that’s in the city. A two hour drive heading east will take you to breath taking beaches, where you’ll enjoy more reserved and rustic paradises like Buzios, Cabo Frio and Saquerema, the Brazilian capital of surf. Or even a little more south and you’ll find Angra dos Reis and Parati.

The west part of the state offers great mountain-like surroundings. Another great opportunity to immerse ourselves in the great culture Rio offers. In Petrópolis, you’ll be able to visit castles, museums, and historical building like the house of Carlos Drummond de Andrade. You’ll be able to enjoy, again breath taking, waterfalls, rivers. Indulge in the great food. The sweets are my favorite!
So pack away, make sure to bring plenty of sunscreen, insect repellent, and of course your camera with plenty of memory. You’ll need it!

Some countries are eligible to go to Brazil without the necessity to get a VISA. For the countries which aren’t part of this group check out the requirements to get a VISA to Brazil.

Brazil is the World’s leading Country in Bio Fuels! Over 30 years ago in order to find a renewable and greener source of fuel, the Brazilian Government started the “Ethanol Boom” and has been successful ever since; for today, 8 out of 10 cars manufactured in Brazil have the so called “Flex Power” engines. These engines can run both in Alcohol Ethanol as well as with gasoline in any blend

Let us dream about a World free of CO2! Let us take part in this Green Revolution that Brazil has started. It’s no longer a dream… It’s reality!!! Well at least in South America! How about the WHOLE WORLD gone green?
Let us make that happen! mother earth will thank us!

source » http://youtube.com/watch?v=sfVVRFa5KDc