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| Carnaval Brasileiro 2010 |
| Written by Sean French | |
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About 6,000 people are expected to attend Carnaval Brasileiro 2010, the 34th edition of an indoor party which began to offer UT’s Brazilian students a dose of Carnival away from home. Producer Mike Quinn is a gringo in the know: since falling hard for Brazilian music and culture in the 1970s, he has lived in Brazil, promoted Brazilian music as the host of a Latin American music radio show and the owner of Ipanema Records, and helped bring Brazil music legends - Milton Nascimento, Egberto Gismonti and others - to perform in Austin. After moving to Portland, Quinn launched a local version of Carnaval Brasileiro. However, he's not doing it in 2010 - the party didn't generate the same long-winded enthusiasm as the one in Austin, which stays packed to the very end, at about 2 a.m. Quinn visits Brazil often and shares his insights in Sambamaster on the Road, a blog which covers lots of music as well as insider's ventures such as visits to pés-sujos, or casual, no-nonsense Brazil bars. Carnaval Brasileiro has some of the atmosphere of Banda de Ipanema and the Carnival parties at Scala Rio. Lamé costumes, towering Carmen Miranda-inspired headdresses, men in drag, women and trans women with bare torsos are all part of the scene. Though semi-nudity has drawn as much attention to Carnaval Brasileiro as far-fetched attire to Eeyore's Birthday Party, Austin's spring extravaganza, Quinn makes a point of highlighting what he sees as the core of Carnaval Brasileiro, what he calls "an authentic taste of the real deal": the music. |
Carnaval Brasileiro, the largest and oldest event of its kind in the US, Feb 20th.
