Subscribe via RSSKadaugan fest: TV actors, party in Lapu streets Inquirer.net Actor Richard Quan will play Datu Lapu-Lapu, a role played by world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in 2008 and actor Phillip Salvador in 2009, during the upcoming reenactment. Quan is one of the actors of GMA-7's show “Ikaw Sana. |
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Kadaugan fest: TV actors, party in Lapu streets – Inquirer.net
This Week in Cruise: Carnival Cruise Lines to Offer Year-Round Service from … – Travel Agent
 Travel Agent | This Week in Cruise: Carnival Cruise Lines to Offer Year-Round Service from … Travel Agent Beginning in April, Discover the World Marketing will represent Alaskan Dream Cruises in Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Japan, Luxembourg, Middle East (Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Syria and UAE) … |
TV Diva: On ‘Community’ Britta’s old flame, ‘Blade,’ returns to town with the … – Fayetteville Observer
TV Diva: On 'Community' Britta's old flame, 'Blade,' returns to town with the … Fayetteville Observer When Britta's (Gillian Jacobs) old flame "Blade" (Kirk Fox) returns to town with the traveling carnival, she tells the group that she needs their help to stay away from him, according to a network description of the show titled "Origins of Vampire … |
Afro-Brazilian dance stays grounded at Strathmore – Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
Afro-Brazilian dance stays grounded at Strathmore Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online Upon a chance viewing of a dance company from the Brazilian city of Salvador in the state of Bahia while studying for her master's degree in dance ethnology at UCLA in 1986, Linda Yudin's life changed direction. Raised in Danville, Ill., and living in … |
Granada music, dance fest – BusinessWorld Online Edition
Granada music, dance fest BusinessWorld Online Edition On July 5 at the Parroquia de Nuestro Salvador, organist Juan Maria Pedrero will perform works by Cabaniles and JC Bach. On July 5 at the Teatro del Generalife, the Birmingham Ballet will present Coppelia. On July 6 at the Charles V Palace, … |
This Week’s TV: The last show you’d ever expect is doing a vampire episode! – io9
This Week's TV: The last show you'd ever expect is doing a vampire episode! io9 Annie, Troy and Abed come up with wacky schemes to keep Britta busy so she can't get back with Blade — but meanwhile, Jeff and Shirley decide to go have a look at the mystery man… at the carnival. Meanwhile… will Troy be induced to join the Air … |
How Michel Telo Went From Obscure Brazilian Country Singer To Global Superstar – Billboard.biz
How Michel Telo Went From Obscure Brazilian Country Singer To Global Superstar Billboard.biz In 2011, Michel Teló heard the song in Salvador during a forro concert and decided he wanted to perform the song to a Sertanejo (Brazilian country music) rhythm. So he reached out to Acioly, they worked out a deal and the rest is music history. The astronomical global success of Michel Teló, a Brazilian country singer, is an example of the diverse new talents emerging from Brazil’s thriving pop scene and the multitude of ways even the most obscure artists can shine brightly on the world stage. Here superstars like Pitbull cover his hit song “Ai Se Te Pego,” Perez Hilton sings its praises and soccer stars like Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo after scoring goals roll around on the pitch to to the song. “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” (Oh If I Catch You), with its catchy repetitive chorus, accordion hook and lyrics about a guy trying to seduce a girl, was not originally a hit. The song was officially written in 2008 by Sharon Acioly, who first heard the phrase in Porto Seguro from a group of girls who were singing and dancing to a song they came up with as a joke during a trip to Disney World. |
In Brazil, Baby Steps (Literally) Toward a Small-Town Carnival – New York Times (blog)
| By SETH KUGEL | A small town Carnaval in Brazil, New York Times (blog) At the Carnival celebrations in Rio, Salvador and Olinda – the country’s three best known — an influx of foreigners drives prices way up. But then there are towns like São Luiz, wedged into the tropical green hills between São Paulo and Rio. “Having covered the 2010 flood, I was happy to see that things had improved. Though some buildings were still boarded up, and most notably, the church was missing, the heart of the colonial center, where multicolored streamers hung from brightly painted wooden poles, looked great. “It was also packed. According to a spokeswoman for the town, 120,000 people |
The Tritonian: Brazilian ‘Carnaval’ 2012 One Big Party – my.hsj.org
The Tritonian: Brazilian ‘Carnaval‘ 2012 One Big Party my.hsj.org means high school journalism Salvador is located in the northeastern part of Brazil. The city was the first Brazilian capital, so the city has an old architecture aspect, which shows the unique portion of the city that is situated in the state of Bahia. In fact, Carnaval is …In past years, a significant increase of foreigners has joined the Brazilian Carnaval. Since Brazil is considered part of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) group, which means the current emergent nations in the world, a lot of people have started to check out what Brazil has to offer. |
Beauty And Violence Rub Elbows In Salvador Da Bahia (PHOTOS) – Huffington Post
Marissa CortesTravel blogger and writer | Beauty And Violence Rub Elbows In Salvador Da Bahia (PHOTOS) Huffington Post This week the extravagant festival known as Carnival exploded onto the streets of Brazil, most notably in the cities of Rio De Janeiro and Salvador. Salvador, the capital of the northeastern state of Bahia, is known for hosting the wilder celebration. A few weeks ago however, crime and violence broke out in Salvador. Certain groups of police had gone on strike, then murder rates doubled, there was rioting on the streets and looting…. I was enchanted by this town, but also acutely aware of potential danger that existed just steps away. One day as our taxi slowly made our way through traffic, our driver told us there was a raid up ahead. He informed us that the city and its police were “cleaning up” the shantytowns of Salvador
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