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Everything you need to know about
Festa Junina, the month long celebration in Brazil for Saint John, Peter and
Anthony.
This text contains 14 pages with
photos about origin, history, main facts, Festa Junina most traditional recipes
and even a complete dance script in English and in the original Portuguese mixed
with French.
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Fire & Fun
The
French brought to Brazil the quadrilha, which is a theatrical dance that
tells the story of a marriage in a small town. Even today, the traditional
quadrilha lyrics of Festas Juninas use French words.
Whoever has traveled to Brazil during
the month of June, has already found out that Brazilians celebrate the month
with parties that can be even bigger than Carnaval in some cities. Those parties
are called Festas Juninas and they celebrate saints Anthony, John and
Peter with lots of traditional foods, drinks and a theatrical dance inherited
from the French called quadrilha (a type of square dance).
However, the origin of this party is
much older than Brazil itself. It began in Europe. The month of June being the
beginning of the summer, bring crops that the population celebrated with parties
and ceremonies. All over Europe, people used to make bonfires on hilltops and
plains to dance around and jump over. Part of the ceremonies also was to offer
the fire some of the crop and even live animals to bring luck for the next crop
season. From this old practice, came the tradition of bonfires in Festas
Juninas as well as all the beliefs related to the fire such as " kids cannot
play with the fire", "you cannot push the firewood with your feet", and similar
expressions....
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