"Let's dance! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues" Thanks Bowie, but you have no idea how much dancing really goes on a festa junina in Recife. t is heavily centered on "forró", a type of dance typical of the Northeast. We learned in class and in our reading that two main theories explain the origin of "forró":
1. Parties put on by the railroad companies that included an English sign: "For All"
2. In the 19th century the word "forrobodó" also meant partying with dance and music but there was a connotation of violence associated with this word.
Throughout time, the word "forró" sticked with the northeasterners and today we participated in one of these parties/dances.
We gathered at CCJ and watched them dance the quadrilha and then we shared a few of our American games and songs and we provided entertainment with our very own artists, Berkeley and Joe.
Berkeley sang "Dancing in the Dark""Here comes the sun", "Como eu quero" and "Only a dream in Rio".
Joe sang two of his originals in Portuguese and I need to find out the names of the songs to put on here:)
They both did a great job and it was really fun. I think the kids at CCJ enjoyed it as well.
You can't have a festa junina without food, and today was no exception. There were a variety or corn based dishes and we added American food to this table: popcorn balls, brownies, hot dogs wrapped in dough and chocolate chip cookies. I had a great time!
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