Events calendar Brazil

The Herança Nativa festival is a superb project to showcase the cultures of the peoples of Ceara, organized by the Ceara SESC. The "ciganos" (gypsies from Europe, of whom there are nearly 600,000 in Brazil), the Amerindian communities, the Sertanejos and Serranos, as well as the quilombola communities (from the quilombos, villages made up of slaves who fled the oppression of European and Brazilian masters), constitute an immense cultural wealth that is too little known and recognized. Every year, the SESC promotes this intangible heritage.

If the fervor of the Christian faith is palpable throughout Brazil, it takes on a special dimension during the Easter celebrations in the former state capital. On the eve of the procession, the faithful draw delicate pictures with grains of wheat, coffee grounds and flowers along the route, in an effervescent atmosphere. As in Antigua, Guatemala's sleeping beauty, the whole town will be decking out its windows and balconies, and the resurrection procession will pass through in a moment of jubilation shared by all.

In fact, there are 5 "organic" fairs in Fortaleza: the Feira organica (rua torres camara, 996), the feira muda meu mundo (praça das flores), the feira agroecologica e solidaria (Sede CETRA), the feira Mercado dos pinhoes (in the eponymous market) and the feira agroecologica do Benfica (praça da Gentilândia). What they all have in common is that they sell agroecological products and showcase the work of small agricultural enterprises committed to a policy of local food production for local markets, while protecting the environment.