Brazil – Page 4 – like black butterflies

Escrava Anastacia

By: jé judson October 15, 2009March 1, 2020

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I learned about Escrava Anastacia while in Canindé for the pilgrimage to pay respects to Saint Francis of Assisi. I ran across a statuette of her in one of the shops and was intrigued. Later, I looked up who she was. She’s respected on the level of a Saint even though she’s not officially a Saint…

By: jé judson October 14, 2009February 27, 2020

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Oh, there’s still some brain pieces inside…

–Charles, as he went to toast another student with the crab head and drink the brain juice on thursday night crab night at Praia do Futuro

Let’s talk about food…

By: jé judson October 14, 2009February 26, 2020

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Most of the daily cuisine is arroz and feijão (rice and beans) with macarrão (spaghetti noodles) and sometimes verdaduras (vegetables: but this means like some tomato, iceberg, onions, potatos, carrots, or beets, not all but in different combinations) Juice and fruit here is GREAT!! I wish we had fruit this good in the states: Juices/drinks:…

Complicated

By: jé judson October 12, 2009March 1, 2020

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So things here got incredibly complicated in just a few hours, but people with SIT are dealing with it really well. I just hope everything turns out okay given that there are only 2 weeks left of regular classes. I have to move homestay families now, which really throws a wrench in everything and isn’t…