Bizarre Brazil

Somedays ago I wrote a small rant about Porto Alegre, my southern hometown, and about Olinda’s Carnival in comparison with that from Rio de Janeiro. So now it’s time to show some pics from Porto Alegre’s brancaleone Carnival.

Just to contextualize: Porto Alegre (map) is the southern state capital town where the commie World Social Forum - an anti-globalization, anti-Davos Forum, semi-Luddite congregation of all kind of leftists (and the Brazilian LefThieves) - was held from 2001 to 2005. Porto Alegre is also famous for… Well… actually nothing, but don’t tell them or they’ll be very angry at you (sorry, Solon, I can’t resist).

Porto Alegre is not particularly famous by its Carnival, but it’s pretty decent in terms of getting the cheap kind of fun you get in Samba Carnivals, comparing to other places in Brazil. It’s also far more secure then a Samba Carnival in Rio or Sao Paulo, although way small. Bellow you can see some very cool pics of this year’s party.

This is KING MOMO, Carnival’s 4 days despotic monarch.

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Every time a Brazilian (or Arnie) say to you the best carnival in the world is in Rio de Janeiro, you can be sure this guy is either:

1. A prick
2. Spitful
3. Clueless
4. Joe Carioca showing Rio de Janeiro to Donald Duck in a 1942’s cartoon.
5. All the alternatives above

By all scores the best carnival parties are either on northeastern states (Pernambuco, Bahia) or in southern Santa Catarina state (Camboriu or Laguna town). In Olinda, the top carnival of the block, you’ll never listen to or dance samba, instead you’ll see people dancing and singing Frevo, a very popular local rhythm. Click here or on the more link to watch the video of a very exciting Frevo contest in Olinda.

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