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Gringolado: South Africans experience in the favela

by admin on January 4, 2010

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Gringolado: Favela tour experience

by admin on January 4, 2010

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Favela walls?

December 4, 2009

Walls are going up around the hillside slums of Rio de Janeiro, further dividing a city already separated between rich and poor.
Beneath the gaze of the statue of Christ the Redeemer, work is nearing completion on one of 19 walls to be built around the city’s sprawling favelas — the informal and often crime-ridden shantytowns [...]

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Gringolado: Simon Keegan

November 28, 2009

My first impressions of Brazilian favelas came through the media. I was still living in the United States, so newspapers, films, music, and the internet were my only sources for Brazilian culture. I spent a great deal of time focusing on all things Brazilian throughout college. Yet, despite the depictions of violence and crime, I [...]

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Gringolado:Amy in Rocinha

November 24, 2009

Here’s a youtube video of an Australian girl and her experience in Rocinha.
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Ja Rule in Rocinha

November 18, 2009

Yes the once famous US Hip Hop (or in Carioca Hippy Hoppy) artist Ja Rule (pronounced Ja Hooley) preformed off of the Curvo do S on Estrada da Gavea in Rocinha in summer. The concert was advertised on banners, cars and blasting speakers not only throughout the favela but all of Rio. It [...]

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Volunteering:2 Bros

November 18, 2009

Are you interested in volunteering check out 2 Bros You can live and work in a favela and get to know the culture.

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Zezinho, the favela tattoo king

November 17, 2009

If you think you’re crazy about favelas check out Zezinho. If you google favela, there’s no doubt you’ll encounter something connected to Zezinho, whether it’s a comment, post, or his favelatour website. He’s crazy about his Rocinha! You’ll definitely hear more about him from us at Soufavelado. Check out his tattoos!

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Fashion Designer Mark Ecko, Gringolado?

November 9, 2009

Fashion designer Mark Ecko posted a video of him in Rocinha, and wrote a little about the favelas in Brazil.

You really don’t get a taste of Brazil until you get to visit the Favela’s. I visited both Helipolis in Sao Paolo, and Rocinha in Rio. In Sao Paolo I got to visit the work [...]

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Gringolado! Gringos luv Favelado lifestyle.

November 8, 2009

An interesting article from the Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Most of the massive hillside slums that rise up around Rio’s posh Ipanema beach district are places where middle-class Brazilians would never go. But a growing number of tourists are shunning the beachfront zones with their pricey hotels and shops to get a taste [...]

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