Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Libero Brasil
History of this location:
Libero Brasil Design is a trendy jewelry shop located in the heart of Paraty’s Historical Center. The collection is made locally in Partay by Ana Maria Graca, a Brazilian artist who studied in Belo Horizonte and in Florence Italy. She developed a technique of polishing marble similar to the technique used in [...]
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Mae Terra
Story about this location:
Three years ago, Ms. Denise Maria Detogni started Mae Terra (My Land), her own handicrafts shop in the Centro Histôrico of Paraty. Since Paraty is a major tourist spot in Brazil, her bilingual skills (English and Portuguese), help her in communicating with both locals and tourists alike. She hires local people not [...]
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Pinga Festival
“For four days, from 23 to 26 August, Paraty performs one of the largest festivals dedicated to the spirits in the country. The Festival of the Drip in its twenty-fifth edition, concludes that the product has made the city famous in colonial times, arousing the jealousy of the Portuguese bagaceira. The sugar cane spirit was [...]
