São João

Its São João festival! While there is a religious element to the festivities, it is also a time for huge parties! On Friday, we went to Ana Flavia’s São João celebration at her school where every class put on a dance performance. Apparently, in Brazil, São João is the time to wear pigtails, so that’s what we did… for the first time since we were old enough to realize how ridiculous we look with pigtails.




On Saturday, we went to Ceara’s equivalent of a fair. There were many dance quadrilhas that competed for the title with themed 30-minute performances. Our favorite was a dance routine that told the story about the end of slavery in Brazil. How many years will it take for the US to have dance teams performing similarly themed acts?



In her infinite wisdom, Galina wore a dress to the festival. Naturally, we arrived late and had to stand on the top of the bleachers. We quickly realized that male dancers preferentially crowded under our portion of the bleachers and a performer in a priest costume gave Galina a thumbs up. Thank God for hair clips that can also be used to pin a dress.