BRAZILIAN

CARNAVAL

2007

OLINDA...


Olinda is considered to be the birthblace of Brazilian nationality, mother of the Republic! In 1537 Duarte Coelho Pereira who had been granted the Pernambuco Captaincy declared from the top of the hill.

"Oh linda situação para uma Vila" What a beautiful place to build a city.

This is the fabled origin of the city name Olinda.During the XVI Century Olinda was the most prosperous city in Brazil, entirely through the plantations of ¨white gold¨ (sugar).

Olinda has many, many delights for the visitor, and a particular mention has to be given to the Olinda Carnaval. Of course Brazil is world renowned for its annual Carnaval events.



Most of the worlds media are guilty of displaying the fabulous images of Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro and its resident samba schools. But when Brazilians want to party, when they want to experience an authentic carnaval , they come to Olinda and Recife. It takes a whole year for Brazilians to prepare for Carnaval, and the Olinda and Recife versions is certainly worth waiting for....

Nothing more expresses the spirit of Olinda than going up and down the hills of the Cidade Alta. Walking along its narrow streets, visitors can see the traditional churches and old houses that characterize the city. Brazil’s first School of Law was founded in Olinda, as well as several monasteries, convents and schools.

Lying only six kilometers from Recife, Olinda is home to innumerable artists, the builders of Olinda today, considered by Unesco as Historical and Cultural Heritage of Mankind. Among the artists that have chosen the city as home are many musicians, who enliven Olinda during Carnival, when the City already known for its intellectuals, historians and painters, also becomes the Olinda of clowns, pierrots and masquerades.

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