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Antônio Carlos Jobim. " Waters of March " ( Portuguese: "Águas de março" [ˈaɡwɐʒ dʒi ˈmaʁsu]) is a Brazilian song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) in 1972. Jobim wrote both the Portuguese and English lyrics. [1] The lyrics, originally written in Portuguese, do not tell a story, but rather present a series of images that ...
Background Statue of Lispector in Rio. Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer, most famous for her enigmatic and mystical 1964 novel The Passion According to G.H. According to the critic Alexandrino Severino, Água Viva arose out of an earlier 1971 draft Objeto Gritante (Loud Object) that Lispector edited down for clarity, though academic Sonia Roncador has held that the two works should be ...
Rio Carnival. Celebration prior to fasting season of Lent. The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro ( Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723.
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Ilhabela (Portuguese for Beautiful Island) is an archipelago and city situated in the Atlantic Ocean six kilometres (4 miles) off the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil.The city is 205 km (127 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 340 km (210 mi) from the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Água Santa, Rio de Janeiro. / 22.91222°S 43.31028°W / -22.91222; -43.31028. Água Santa is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The neighborhood is bordered by Jacarepaguá, Piedade, Encantado, Engenho de Dentro and the Dos Pretos-Forros Ridge. The Ary Franco Prison is located in the neighborhood.
Paraíba do Sul. / -21.62; -41.01. The Paraíba do Sul ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁiu pɐɾɐˈibɐ du ˈsuw] ), or simply termed Paraíba, is a river in southeast Brazil. It flows 1,137 km (706 mi) [1] west to northeast from its farthest source at the source of the river Paraitinga to the sea near Campos dos Goytacazes.
1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in) System map. The Rio de Janeiro Metro ( Portuguese: MetrôRio, Portuguese pronunciation: [meˌtɾo ˈʁi.u] ), commonly referred to as just the Metrô ( Portuguese pronunciation: [meˈtɾo]) is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted ...