GAY PARADE IN SAO PAULO 2012

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First Gay Parade was organized in Sao Paulo in 1997 and got together around 2000 participants; this year according Police report approximately 4 mil. people visited this event!

Parade started on 10^th of June at 13:20 pm at MASP (Museum of  art) after national anthem and speeches of senator Marta Suplicy and organizer of event Fernando Quaresma.

As Fernando Quaresma said, politicians need to see GLS people first of all as citizens not as consumers, and this is the main idea of Parade 2012. A lot of attention on this Gay Parade was paid on legislation; movement is fighting for making of homophobia a crime, equal rights in marriage and didactic materials for teachers in schools to prevent bulling and homophobia.

Participants have all chances to achieve these goals, considering all previous victories: recognition of stable union, homosexual couple can share a health plan, pension in case of death of one of partners.

Generally organizer group was satisfied with results. As F. Quarezma told to Folha de Sao Paulo: “ This social movement grew a lot. We achieved different victories. Sao Paulo event is now considered the biggest in the world and the city – one the best gay destinations”. 

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St. VALENTINE'S DAY IN BRAZIL

12. 06 – Dia dos namorados no Brasil (Valentine’s day). 

  

 Don’t be surprised, it’s true; Brazilians celebrate day of love in June. It means that you have a chance to celebrate it twice, according to European and Brazilian traditions!

If you decided to do this, I bet, first question in your head is what gift to buy for your boyfriend/girlfriend being abroad.

I would love to share with you some ideas of top 10 best gifts in Brazil.

 

1) Jogo de paixao - different kits of sex games that you can find in Imaginarium store. This is romantic way to spend you night, learning Portuguese.

 

2) Caipirinha kit. After your travel you still can have a taste of Brazil at home.

3) Romantic dinner. Brazil has rich cuisine; I would recommend you to try sequencia de ostras,  around 5 different types of oysters. First of all, Brazil has its own oyster producers, so quality and price are very good, and, second, it’s a wide spread fact that oysters are aphrodisiac; what can be more suitable for Valentine's day?

4) Cosmetic kit. I know cosmetic sounds a little bit standard, but there are some national brands for example Boticaro and Natura, which are famous with its quality, and they don't export their products).

5) Havaianas. Maybe it sounds unusual, but havaianas are extremely popular in Brazil and they have already became a postcard symbol. This gift will be even more suitable, if you spend your vacations on the cost. Flip flops designed for Valentine’s day will always remind your partner about the trip).

6) Local trip. Brazil has a lot of romantic places. Depends on what you want and where you stay, there are a lot of resorts satisfying all preferences. I recommend you, besides world-famous locations, to google about Gramado, Ilha do mel, Foz do Iguacu, Fortaleza…cause tourist agencies usually are focused on Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, so you might not find this places in a guide book.

7) Day in SPA - what can be more romantic then relaxing massage or chocolate jacuzy  together, considering that main touristic cities have a range of Gay-spa and saunas.

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8)  Sport day.  Brazil is very popular destination among people who like active lifestyle and ecotourism due to its range of sport activity (tracks, sand boarding, surfing and etc.) Imagine how romantic it is to see Rio de Janeiro doing paragliding together, holding hands.

9)  Night out.  Usually in Brazil on this day a lot of bars, clubs and restaurants have special events, promotions and shows for couples, considering that majority of famous Brazilian bands sing about love.

10) Sweets. Brazil is famous producer of cacao that influenced on chocolate production. CACAU SHOW, BRASIL CACAU shops and others can offer you interesting options of good quality chocolate in a packagings designed specially for 12.06. 

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RIO FASHION WEEK summer 2013

 From 22 to 25 of May all attention in fashion industry was focused on Rio de Janeiro. Considering that still the biggest Brazilian fashion event takes place in Sao Paulo, RFW is becoming more and more popular, attracting new designers. 

Well, analyzing collections presented in Rio, I can describe summer 2013 in few words: NEON, AFRICA, DENIM; most of designer were creating their collection in this frameworks. 

Sacada and Alexander Herchcovitch were inspired with African culture. A. Herchcovitch became so impressed with lifestyle of African tribues that he created pens and blouses with world map print, marking location of tribues on this map. In general he used natural colors: blue, beige, red.

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The designer of Sacada didn't resist infront of African beauty as well. The collection was created with desire to show the style of Morocco, trying to reveal all devirsity of this country, mixture of poverty and wealth. The image was created using fabrics with mosaic prints, combinations of white, golden, metallic colors.

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One more collection, where was used travelling expirience - freshmen of RFW "Oh, boy" brand, but this group of designer looked a little bit further then Morocco; Oh boy presented its vision of Japan. Dresses with panda prints, typical Japanese hairstyle, pink, black, white and flowers - smart combination of traditional Japan and innovations.

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Oestudio continued ethnic line on the catwalk with its safari style men shirts and jeans, but diversified it with black-yellow snikers and neon T-shirts

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Awesome casual looks were presented by Coca-cola brand; collection was made in light blue colors. Denim jumpsuits, red jackets, bright zigzag print shorts - "must-have" things next summer, according to Coca-cola.

And ofcours fashion week in Brazilian capital of beach fashion can't be without bikini collections.

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According to  Blue Man and Poko Pano you must find space in you wardrobe for white and neon bikini and swimming trunks. Next summer is going to be extremly bright; good time for experiments. :)

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