Chronicles

The Saint Sebastian Festival in Pompéu, Memories

Publicado por Sebastião Verly
Data da publicação: 21/01/2023

Back when I was a young child and adolescent, sometime around 1948 to 1960, the best fun you could get in my old hometown, especially for the poor, were at the religious festivals. The religious festivals were festivals for the poor, where no distinctions were made regarding social class. After the Three Kings Festival went by, reaching its peak on the 6th of January, we anxiously awaited the glorious Festival of Saint Sebasti...

XXVII – The Journey Continues

Publicado por Bill Braga
Data da publicação: 16/01/2023

There I was, still feeling all that aphasia, that detachment from the real world where everything seemed meaningless and shallow. I felt the lack of love. Love, which I projected on only two women in my life, unaware of how love is spread all over the world, in all beings imaginable and unimaginable. But then one day I made the decision. Yes, to put an end to that useless existence of a being who lived on watching TV with his ...

The Epiphany Festival

Publicado por Sebastião Verly
Data da publicação: 05/01/2023

Folia de Reis é um festejo de origem portuguesa ligado às comemorações do culto católico do Natal, trazido para o Brasil ainda nos primórdios da formação da identidade cultural brasileira, e que ainda hoje se mantém vivo nas manifestações folclóricas de muitas regiões do país. As variações são muitas, diferentes até mesmo numa única localidade. É uma das festas mais animadas que mistura folclore, cultura e ...