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Brazilian traditional costume

ilyani — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:42:46 +0000

I can’t remember if I had postcards of traditional costume from countries except in Europe and Asia, but I happen to have a couple from Brazil, which is great! And these pictures are like as if they’re on a set of film shooting or something :D

Sent by Bebelzis

The man is doing the traditional cigarette Cigarro de Palha - basically a bunch of tobacco rolled by a straw of maize. And I love the dress the woman is wearing! :)

Sent by Bebelzis and Lu_corseuil (I got duplicates)

This is some traditional barbecue with the floor fire, and man drinking Chimarrão, a kind of baverage with green tea. Drinking Chimarrão is a common social practice in Brazil.

Feliz Aniversario!

ilyani — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:08:44 +0000

It’s one month before I turn 26 and I don’t quite feel like it… argh. Can someone stop the time pleaseee?? But looking at the brighter side, here’s another birthday wish I got a couple of years back.. from Brazil :) Yes the only thing I love about birthdays is people’s thoughtfulness, especially when you get many birthday cards from Postcrossers filling your mailbox so you can at least forget for a while the nightmare of getting older! ;)

Sent by Dine, June 2007

From lovely Dine! It came as a Random Act of Smileness surprise and it did give a HUGE smile on my face!! Thanks Dine!! XD I love it when pretty dinasours are celebrating with me!

Sent by Dine

I guess I’ll just feature another card from Dine now that this one looks rather related. This cute comic illustration is entitled “Chico Violeiro” and showing two famous Brazilian cartoon characters: Chico Bento (Chuck Billy) and Rosinha (Rosy Lee). It was actually made as a parody to the painting “O Violeire” by Almeida Junior in 1899. Here’s a picutre of the original painting I found on internet:

Ain’t this lovely? :D:D Almeida Junior was the most important Brazilian realist painter from the 19th century and a major inspiration for the modern painters. His artworks mostly pictured rural figures, specially farmers and the countrymen that is a kind of a symbol of the rural areas in São Paulo.

Houses in Brazil

ilyani — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:52:16 +0000

Imajica is so happy when she gets to feature postcards with houses in her blog :)) And here are from Brazil….

Sent by Dine and Mizlilian (I got duplicates)

This is rather a holiday bungalow I guess, located in Campos do Jordao.. a very different city in Brazil because it has Germanic style.. oh, now that I read this part, perhaps it’s trying to say this looks like half-timbered houses in Germany! Apart the fact that in Germany I have seen them so high. And this place has cool weather as well, and it makes it a touristic place for a holiday.

Sent by Dorenda

I think I have said this before somewhere, I love postcards with countryhouse coz I am so curious to see how other people in the other side of the world live…. and I am so happy when I get to find out, like ths Brazillian countryhouse.. which is nothing I can find here in my place :)

Parrots in Brazil

ilyani — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:20:17 +0000

Hmm and I haven’t even put Brazil here, what have I been doing?? Okay I found some cool cards from Brazil, with colorful parrots on them :D I don’t know if parrots are the official bird of the country, or they’re originated from there, or they can be seen everywhere in Brazil like you see cows in the Netherlands (random guess yeah, but I got 2 official cards from NL that show cows alone! :P) I don’t know what is the most familiar animal representing Malaysia though… is it orangutan? Monkey? Hahaha. But you can get at least 10 postcards showing those primates from here, so I guess I am quite right.

Sent by Judamore

Pantanal is a preserved wetland habitat of many species of birds and other animals, especially this colorful parrot that Julia sent me for my 24th birthday!! :D

Sent by Allison

I am not sure if the parrot is really sitting there or this is a photoshopped image, but this Iguassu Fall is sure breathtakingly breautiful! It’s located in the Iguazu National Park which is best known for its waterfalls and birdlife. This park is one of the UNESCO world heritage sites.

Sent by Ppozato

Let’s go back to Pantanal for bit more details. Pantanal is a Portuguese term for swamp, or wetland. It’s a huge ecosystem area spanning mostly within Brazil, and also Bolivia and Paraguay and is home to 1000 bird species, 400 fish species, 300 mammalian species, and 480 reptile species. It has also been listed as UNESCO world heritage site.