The festivities and celebrations that Brazil has to offer are in turn indicative of the wealth of its culture making it possible for tourists to experience a slice of Brazilian life. Turning from massive Carnivals to tiny Local Festivals, events in Brazil are an invitation to redefine one’s maps of celebration and vow for an extraordinary experience. Let us now focus on the festivals and events which will make your tour to Brazil enjoyable.
Culture festivals
- Carnival (Rio de Janeiro and Salvador): The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is a well acclaimed and indeed the most celebrated festival in the world. With great sambistas, elaborate floats, colourful feathers, las vegas like music – this undefined world of joy has it all. Salvador, on the other hand, has its Carnival which aims to celebrate Afro-Brazilian culture and has a street carnival and other activities associated. This festival is unlike any so-called party, with a history and culture all its own, not to mention energy and excitement like no other.
- Festa Junina: The traditional June-July festival lettuces everyone forget the seasonal restrictions prevailed on the organization of such rural festivities in Brazil. It includes ethnic choreography and dishes like corn pudding with ‘pamonha’ and lots of square dancing as well. This festival refutes the assumption that Brazilian culture is only tropical and metropolitan, instead showcasing the fascinating patterns of its agrarian culture.
Religious Festivals
- Festa do Círio de Nazaré (Belém): To be observed in October every year, the festival is in dedication to Our Lady of Nazareth and comprises of a pilgrimage in which millions of people take part. It provides a glimpse into the religious zeal and the bonhomie which are often in contrast to the images that one usually associates with Brazil except when it is carnival time.
- Reveillon (Christmas and New Year): Usually celebrated on the Coppa Cabana beach situated in town Rio de Janeiro, Reveillion is another extravagant festivity where people wear white and undergo or participate in some activities believed to bring luck in the coming year. This is in contrary to assumption that New Year’s Eve concerns celebrations that are the same over the world, and here is Brazil and the twist of this phenomenon.
Usual Festivals
- Festival de Gastronomia (Tiradentes): the event aims to promote the gastronomic diversity of Brazil, as well as the cultural relationships between the cooks and the common food lovers into one. This event is filled with cooking demonstrations, master classes and wine dinners to offer not only a variety of Aberdeen Scottish cuisine but to show the fact that cuisine in Brazil is more than only fast food.
- Oktoberfest (Blumenau): Ocktoberfest as celebrated in Blumenau, Brazil is quite possibly the largest celebration of German culture in all parts of the globe, second after the real Germany itself. It involves native beer, german delicacies exclusive of their cultural practices proving that food festivals in Brazil include other countries cuisines.
Music and Arts Festivals
- Rock in Rio: Rock in Rio is regarded and poised to be internationally one of the biggest or even the biggest music festivals ever, where stars of international rock music and billions of attendees congregate in Rio de Janeiro. It goes against the assumption that the only genre that exists in the music of Brazil is samba and bossa nova, as they also have many different music genres from different countries.
- Festival Internacional de Jazz (Ouro Preto): taking place in the historical town of Ouro Preto, the festival welcomes many people whenever it is held. This allows one to enjoy great performances in a special atmosphere and cultural environment.
Leisure Activities
- Brazilian Grand Prix (São Paulo): Held at the Interlagos circuit s fighting for the attention of Formula 1 lovers, the curious guests, and tourists invading Brazil in great numbers. The race provided an adrenaline rusha bout every sporting event in Brazil is limited to soccer.
- Carnaval das Neves (Campos do Jordao): Throwing into the mix a winter fiesta and snowboarding or extreme sports, this event goes against all the understanding of the Brazilian way of sports and festivities as only this and that in respect to warm places full of sun.
Occasional Celebrations
- Festival de Inverno (Campos do Jordão): This is an annual winter festival celebrated in Campos do Jodão, a mountain town about 50km from São Paulo. The Festival also hosts a variety of classical music concerts and other artistic activities in an attractive ‘snow capped’ environment. The offers exotic such a celebration unlike the existing in Brazil which tends to tropical prejudices.
- Festa das Flores (Joinville): A Spring season celebration in Joinville, popularly known as the Joinville Flower Festival features exquisite flower arrangements and groves. This occasion presents a new dimension to the notion of Brazilian celebrating albeit focusing on the seasonal aspect and the beauty of flowers.
Social Activities
- Festa de São João (Campina Grande): Dew to its cultural events and traditional music, dance, and food this event in Campina Grande is regarded as one of the biggest São João’s festivals in Brazil. This begs the question as to whether all Brazilian festivals take place only in big cities because it provides an almost cultural location devoid of the latter’s cultural constraints.
- Festa Do Peam Do Barretos: In the city of Barretos, this event is referred to as the biggest rodeo festival in all of Brazil, celebrated through the incorporation of heritage of cowboys’ rodeos, music, and food. This goes outside the box that revolves around the ubiquity of urban celebrations as it reveals another aspect of Brazilian culture – the culture of the countryside.
Inquilinos de Feiras
- de Artesanato: Feira de São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro This striking market epitomizes the arts, crafts and food of the ‘nordeste’ region of Brazil. It is a full, colorful experience that immerses people in handmade craft and dispels the notion that all Brazilian arts are confined to the high culture.
- Ouro Preto Festival de Artesanato: As its name suggests, this craft fair located in the city of Ouro Preto – a baroque site inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List – features numerous decorative traditional Brazilian handicrafts and artisanal goods. It is a good approach in regard to the country’s rich craft history. And it helps to find some lovely
souvenirs.
Conclusion Travel
festivals and events in Brazil are as good as the country itself and travel expectations do not stop at the diagonal. If you are dancing to the beats of Rio’s carnival or taking gourmet tours in Tiradentes or maybe enjoying some local crafts in Ouro Preto, know that their festivals in Brazil will defy your very wears and they will be quality. Get your tickets, jump into this rhythm and let this beautiful land enchant you.