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The pure joy of it

Posted: January 31st, 2010 | Author: Jason Gardner | Filed under: Pernambuco | No Comments »

I stopped in my tracks when I saw this gentleman at the Casa Rabeca in Tabajara. The cavalo-marinho is kind of like the Italian comedia dell’arte, and I could tell this guy was just reveling in the pure joy of it.


The dance of the cavalo-marinho

Posted: January 27th, 2010 | Author: Jason Gardner | Filed under: Pernambuco | No Comments »

At the cultural space Casa de Rabeca, in Tabajara, nearby to Olinda, Pedro Salustiano shows why he’s one of the top dancers of cavalo-marinho.


Helder Vasconcelos dances the cavalo-marinho

Posted: January 26th, 2010 | Author: Jason Gardner | Filed under: Brazil, Music, Pernambuco | No Comments »

In the early morning right after dawn, after the all-night sambada do maracatu, dancing the cavalo-marinho in the streets of Condado, just for the joy of it!