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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2005
BRAZILIAN WEEK
Saturday night samba fever
KU Brazilian group throws Carnaval bash
It was cold outside in Lawrence Saturday night, but inside Abe & Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., the night sizzled as the Brazilian Student Association brought a little bit of Brazil to the Midwest for its Carnival celebration.
BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
egarcia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The band Tambores do Brasil took the stage building up the excitement in the room
with each drum beat. Soon the dance floor was packed with partygoers dressed in yellow and green and ready to samba. From behind the audience, Dandara, the band's lead
"I just like it a lot,
singer, was carried onstage. She strutted onstage in a feathery headdress, whipping up the crowd in Portuguese.
As soon as the music started, hundreds of people on and off the dance floor moved to the music, including members of the student association, which calls itself BRASA.
Carnival is BRASA's biggest party.
Each year the group sells enough tickets to book the venue, book a band and still have money left over for next year's party.
CANDID CARNAVAL
- For more sights from Carnaval, go to kansan.com.
In Brazil, Carnaval celebrations span the four days just before Lent, similar in its Catholic origins to New Orleans' Mardi Gras festivities.
Terena Silva, Recife, Brazil, senior, said the party's success comes from its uniqueness and people's interest in Brazil.
having everyone here sharing one culture."
BRASA sold out the 900 available tickets on Saturday afternoon.
"I just like it a lot, having everyone here sharing one culture." she said.
The BRASA event is the biggest Carnival party in the area.
Gabriel Santos, sophomore at the University of Missouri, spent
Terena Silva
Recife, Brazil, senior
11 hours on a train just to make, it to Carnaval.
Santos is an international student from Recife, Brazil. He said that the Brazilian community at Missouri did not have parties
as big as BRASA's Carnaval.
It is the second time for Jose Figueiredo, a São Paulo, Brazil, graduate student at Kansas State University.
He said he loves the opportunity to celebrate this festive event with fellow Brazilians.
Other KU international students came Saturday night to celebrate Carnaval.
Silva said there were more than 200 Brazilians at the party.
Mathieu Guillaume, graduate student from Besançon, France, went to Carnaval for the first time Saturday.
"It's good ambiance, very joyful," he said. "It makes you want to go back."
Edited by Jesse Truesdale
Photos by Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
Above: Dandara, the lead singer of the band Tambores do Brasil, dances onstage while performing at the Carnaval party Saturday night in Abe & Jake's Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. Tambores do Brasil has performed for several of the group's activities in the past. Below: The crowd sways its arms with Tambores do Brasil during the Carnaval party. About 900 people attended the party, which is put on by the KU Brazilian Student Association every year.
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