Brazil Child Health Events - Photos
NYC for Rio - January 2011
Day of Beauty - Maria Bonita - December 2010
Dance and Do Good - Gig Brazil - November 2010
Jussara and Mariana work in Brazil - July 2010
Visit to Leticia's Home - July 2010
Brazil World Cup Party at Brass Monkey - June, 2010
Charity Bazaar - April 18, 2010
Brazil Child Health Annual Lunch Benefit at Piola - November 2009
Washington DC Event - April 2008
Charity Event Plataforma - September 2007
Upcoming Events
Festa Junina! SOLD OUT!!! Click the Donate option below if you would like to make a donation.
Don't miss this very fancy and chic Festa Junina with the presence of Alessandra Ambrosio, Luciana Curtis, Fabiana Saba Sutton, Tataina Abraços, Mariana Zois, Carolina Bittencourt, Vanessa Grecca, Bela Gil, and more.
Festa Junina (June Festival), also known as festa de São João, is an annual Brazilian celebration historically related to European Midsummer, which takes place in June, in the beginning of the Brazilian winter. These festivities, which were introduced by the Portuguese during the colonial period, are celebrated nationwide, but are particularly associated with the Northeast region. At the region , which is largely characterized by the arid or semi-arid landscape, these popular festivals not only coincide with the end of the rainy seasons of most states in the northeast but they also provide the people with an opportunity to give thanks to São Jõao (St. John) for the rain. They also celebrate rural life and feature typical clothing, food and dance (particularly quadrilha). Like Saint John's Day in Portugal and Scandinavian countries, São João celebrates marital union. The "quadrilha" features couple formations around a mock wedding whose bride and groom are the central attraction of the dancing.The celebrations usually take place in an arraial, a huge tent made of raw material that used to be reserved for special parties in old rural areas. Men dress up as farm boys with large straw hats and women wear pigtails, freckles, painted gap teeth and red-checkered dresses, all in a loving tribute to the origins of Brazilian country music, and of themselves. However, nowadays, São João festivities are extremely popular in all urban areas and among all social classes. In the Northeast, they are as popular as Carnival. Like during Carnival, these festivities involve costume-wearing (in this case, peasant costumes), dancing, drinking, and visual spectacles (fireworks display) and folk dancing. São João also coincides with the corn harvest. Special dishes served during São João are made with corn, such as canjica and pamonha.
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