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Tag: Carnival

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50 Years of Longing. (Carnival Cover Page)

March 3, 2019March 11, 2022 Rich McClear

I had never much thought about Carnival or Mardi Gras before 1965, it was something that happened somewhere else.  (OK we did eat pancakes but I had never connected that with anything other than an Anglo-Celtic quirk.) But then I … Continue reading 50 Years of Longing. (Carnival Cover Page)

Carnival, Lent and Easter, S. America1 Comment

Carnival Just Keeps on Coming, Salvador, Bahia

February 21, 2015February 27, 2017 Rich McClear

February 19, 2015, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Carnival is over but in Salvador it ends later than in Rio, and Salvador claims it throws a bigger party than Rio, which bills its carnival as “The biggest party in the world.” In … Continue reading Carnival Just Keeps on Coming, Salvador, Bahia

S. America2 Comments

The Chrysler Building Gets Religion

February 17, 2015 Rich McClear

February 16, 2015 Sailing out of Rio “The Chrysler Building Gets Religion.”  At least that what the statue of Christ the Redeemer on the top of Corcovado reminds me of, although I think this art deco “wonder of the modern … Continue reading The Chrysler Building Gets Religion

Carnival, Lent and Easter, S. America2 Comments

Joyful Apocalypse,

February 17, 2015February 27, 2017 Rich McClear

February 16, 2015 Carnival in Rio. We were on our feet dancing for the entire performance of the Mocidade Samba School at the Sambodormo in Rio for Carnival.  This group was clearly a crowd favorite.  When they were announced thousands … Continue reading Joyful Apocalypse,

Carnival, S. America1 Comment

The Girl in Ipanema

February 16, 2015February 27, 2017 Rich McClear

February 15, 2015 Rio Dear Friends, Anyone who has traveled in India, North Africa or the Middle East knows the ritual of a visit to Uncle Tonoose’s carpet shop.  In South America there is a VERY upscale version of that … Continue reading The Girl in Ipanema

Carnival, S. America3 Comments

Manha de Carnaval

February 15, 2015February 28, 2022 Rich McClear

February 15, 2015 Rio I was so excited I couldn’t sleep.  Therefore I was rewarded as we sailed past sugar loaf just before sunrise watching the pilot boat drop off the harbor pilot on Prinsendam.  We watched the sun behind … Continue reading Manha de Carnaval

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Carnival Lisbon, Apres Carnival, Belgrade

March 4, 2014February 27, 2017 Rich McClear

Carnival is over.  In some places it continues into Lent with the funeral of Vaal (Carnival) which starts penitently enough but becomes a second bacchanal.  We experienced something different in Belgrade.  As an excerpt from this letter from May 2009 … Continue reading Carnival Lisbon, Apres Carnival, Belgrade

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Carnival in Dubrovnik

March 4, 2014February 27, 2017 Rich McClear

This is Fat Tuesday: Carnival.  I went back through my files for stories about Carnival and came on this letter from Dubrovnik written in March 2000. Dear Friends, Polka, not samba, not calypso, not second line, not even “Carnival in … Continue reading Carnival in Dubrovnik

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