Perched on a hill beside the concrete skyscrapers of Rio’s central business district stands the city’s oldest favela whose rising – and now declining – fortunes mirror those of Brazil itself. First established by landless veterans fresh from putting down an uprising in northeastern Brazil in 1897, Morro da Providencia is considered Rio’s first informal settlement or favela.
Category: Santa Catarina, Brazil
Brazilian woman has been praying to a Lord of Rings figure for
Gabriela Brandao of Florianopolis, Brazil said in a Facebook post that her grandmother has been praying to a figurine of Saint Anthony every day. Upon further inspection, however, Brandao discovered the figurine is actually Elrond, an elf in “The Lord of the Rings.”