Bumba Meu Boi by Adriano

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Professor ESL 201. Section1 26 February 2013 The Bumba Meu Boi Festival The Bumba Meu Boi Festival emerged in 1700 in the city of Ouro Preto, a small town located in state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bumba Meu Boi is one of the biggest events responsible for sharing different cultures in many ways of manifestation. On the first week of November 1st when they worship Saint John, The protector of the Spirit, the whole event runs for about a month with several stages and represents each part of the story about an animal and human being. The second week, the entire town is ready for the event, because of that restaurant and hotels get busy with hundreds of tourists waiting to be served. When the night comes in the square bandstand, priests celebrate a mass called The Passage of the Spirit, where many devout people with different religious beliefs cry and pray for graces received during the whole year. Early in the morning, on November 21st, the streets are filled with people and everyone can smell the warm breezes carrying the aroma of barbecued. Is a perfect moment for vendors to make good business, selling typical foods, handcraft products, homeopathic remedies, and products only found in local Farms. Cowboys around the Estate come to be part of the Bull Challenge, which is a competition launched to find the best rider. Most of them pass the entire year getting ready for these days looking for an opportunity to claim the biggest prize in cash. It’s also a good occasion to make friends. On the last week of Festival is time for the presentation of the Bumba Meu Boi. The performance filled with color and fantasy where people dressed with costumes, dance and play representing the battle between animal and human being. The event begins with a pregnancy craving and according to the old tale desperate to eat the tongue of the Bull, the pregnant woman

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