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Week Eight - The End!

Posted by MPemb | 16th June 2009

Blinkin' 'eck and bloody Nora and where's me cup o' tea. I'm back in England, in case you hadn't noticed. I seem to be all in one piece, so I can run you through my last week and get this blog all wrapped up.

PRACA QUINZE MUSIC FESTIVAL
The weekend I jumped on a bus from Paraty back to Rio I caught the music festival at Praca XV, an outdoor concert venue in the Lapa district. The samba legend Beth Carvalho was the main act. I didn't make it to the Tom Ze gig, as he was playing just a bit too far out of town. I did think it was cool though that the entrance fee to see him play was five Reis, about £1.80, plus a kilogram of food for the poor. I returned to Praca XV on Sunday for the festival closer where I saw Pedro Luis e Parade, a psychadelic rock band, and Lulu Santos, who I found a bit commercial and less impressive. It was all worth rushing back to Rio for. You could see a complete cross section of society there, from breakdancing street children to college kids to old samba la

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