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	<title>Fulbright-mtvU Fellows &#187; Michael Silvers &#8211; in Brazil</title>
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	<description>Fulbright and mtvU sent students around the world to study and promote &#34;the power of music.&#34; Check out their blogs here.</description>
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		<title>The Day That Hunger Died Of Thirst</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/07/27/the-day-that-hunger-died-of-thirst/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eletrocactus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Day That Hunger Died Of Thirst]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since February, I&#8217;ve been following a local rock band called Eletrocactus. I met them while they were working in a recording studio as they started mastering their first CD. I was attracted to the way they drew on regional imagery in their music. Almost everything they do refers to the sertão, the semi-arid hinterland, of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Viva São João!</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/07/08/viva-sao-joao/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since April, I&#8217;ve been rehearsing quadrilha, a kind of northeastern Brazilian square dance with French roots, twice a week with students at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará. The teacher (and my dance partner), Simone Castro, is a professor of folklore and has been preparing her students to dance at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil vs. North Korea</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/06/16/brazil-vs-north-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2010 World Cup]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forró]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 15, 2010
1:48 pm
For the past week or so my days have been punctuated by the sound of firecrackers. Brazil has yet to compete in the World Cup, but the excitement kicked in a while ago. My friends ask me if I&#8217;ve bought my yellow, green or blue Brazil t-shirt to wear during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage to Juazeiro do Norte</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/05/14/pilgrimage-to-juazeiro-do-norte/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/05/14/pilgrimage-to-juazeiro-do-norte/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francisco de Freitas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juazeiro do Norte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luiz Gonzaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Padre Cicero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Universidade Federal do Ceará]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People describe the city of Juazeiro do Norte as the largest center of religiosity in Brazil. In the late 19th century, a priest known as Padre Cicero, driven by a desire to help the poor, became a primary figure in the region&#8217;s development. Many believe that while giving communion to one of his followers, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Klezmer Nordestina</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/04/27/klezmer-nordestina/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/04/27/klezmer-nordestina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forró]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortaleza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Xote, pronounced SHO-chee, is one of the basic forró rhythms. The lead singer of Banda LeChaim, Fortaleza&#8217;s klezmer band (yep, Fortaleza&#8217;s got a Jewish wedding band) described this song as Yiddish-xote. Considering that I used to play accordion in a klezmer band when I was in college, you can imagine my giddiness when I got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masters of the World</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/04/13/masters-of-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/04/13/masters-of-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ceará]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limoeiro do Norte]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[St. Joseph's Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This year marked the fifth meeting of the Mestres do Mundo, the Masters of the World, an event where “masters of culture” from small towns are invited by the Ceará state government and other organizations to share their work, take pride in their skills as musicians, dancers, poets, actors, and artisans, and meet one another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dona Zefinha&#8217;s Regional Rock</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/03/29/dona-zefinhas-regional-rock/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/03/29/dona-zefinhas-regional-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Raiz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Astaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geraldo Azevedo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackson do Pandeiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jumenta Parida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luiz Gonzaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movimento Cabaçal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orlângelo Leal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SoulZé]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrazul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TicTacTicTac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth for the Climate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I first heard of Dona Zefinha (pronounced Zeh-FEEN-ya) about a year ago. I asked an employee at a CD shop if he sold any CDs of bands from Ceará that mixed forró (and other kinds of traditional northeastern music) with rock. He mentioned four groups that were part of a short-lived movement called Movimento Cabaçal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth Of The Three Races</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/03/18/the-myth-of-the-three-races/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/03/18/the-myth-of-the-three-races/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Nepomuceno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bete Bezerra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceará]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cearense Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortaleza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gershwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kayapó Mekragnoti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marlui Miranda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mozart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rabeca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vitor Philomeno Gomes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently invited to a sarau, like an 18th century French salon, at the home of a local psychiatrist. She hosts the parties every other month, and local opera singers, musicians, poets, and other artists come to share their work. The parties are centered around a voice teacher from Fortaleza named Vitor Philomeno Gomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carnaval!</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/02/19/carnaval/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/02/19/carnaval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calé Alencar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fortaleza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maracatu Nação Fortaleza]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During carnaval in Fortaleza most people leave town and head for the beach. But those who stay get to witness one of Fortaleza&#8217;s most captivating traditions. Groups of musicians and dancers spend the year rehearsing for the city&#8217;s carnaval parade, where participants slowly process down a grandstand-lined boulevard, drumming maracatu cearense, a rhythm unique to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Calabash Fiddles</title>
		<link>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/02/04/making-calabash-fiddles/</link>
		<comments>http://fulbright.mtvu.com/michaelsilvers/2010/02/04/making-calabash-fiddles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Silvers - in Brazil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ceará]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Di Freitas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Francisco Ferreira de Freitas Filho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juazeiro do Norte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rabeca]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Francisco Ferreira de Freitas Filho, better known as Di Freitas, is a conservatory trained musician who&#8217;s played in orchestras around Brazil. In 2002, he settled down in Juazeiro do Norte, a city in the interior of Ceará known for its rich culture, and became enamored with the sound of the rabeca, a kind of folk [...]]]></description>
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