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Weeklong Carnaval celebration to begin
--parades of the Southeast in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Each parade features one of the 12 schools, or groups of Samba. Sometimes an entire community with 1,000 people or more, creates a theme and centers its float around it. The school would also design, make costumes and find music for the parade.
BY ANNE WELTMER
aweltmer@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
An entire favela, or community of Brazilians near Rio de Janeiro put on bright costumes and added the finishing touches to their festooned float. Samba music is already playing in the background. Many of the women on the float already are wearing golden-sequined bikinis, elaborate headaddresses full of red feathers and matching glittery gold sandals with four-inch heels and straps twisted around the leg up to the knee. It's almost time for the Carnaval parade.
The students of the KU Brazilian Student Association are putting on a weeklong Carnival celebration this week for KU students to get a taste of the Brazilian Carnival the week after it actually happened in Brazil.
Festivities will include Samba dance lessons, a traditional cuisine dinner and the finale, the Carnaval party at Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 E. 6th St, on Saturday. It will feature a Brazilian band from California that specializes in traditional Carnival Samba and Axe music.
Rafael Demarco, KU BRASA president and Rio de Janeiro senior, said that although the Carnaval tradition came from the country's Portuguese Catholic roots, the celebration today is like a spring break: people decide where and with whom to spend the holiday.
The entire country shuts down for a week from the Saturday before Mardi Gras to the following Sunday, although most of the festivities stop for Ash Wednesday and then resume on Thursday, Demarco said. Schools also close their doors for the week.
Although each region of Brazil celebrates Carnaval differently, the most famous are the Samba
Terena Silva, last year's KU BRASA president and Recife, Brazil, senior, said that preparation for the parades go on yearround. Most Samba schools are professional organizations, although they do not get paid and have to work another job on the side. Silva said the schools were sponsored by a rich owner, and they made money throughout the year by charging patrons to watch the schools rehearse dances. This enables the schools to pay for the supplies for the parade.
Silva was born in Sao Paulo, but moved to Recife when she was young. She said Northern Carnaval celebrations were less tourist oriented. The Northern Carnaval is "more representative of what Carnaval really is", she said, and she said it was also more similar to Mardi Gras. The people of the villages go out in the streets in costumes and party with the bands.
"People think we run around naked during Carnaval. We don't," Silva said.
She said she's never heard of flashing people to earn beads until her friends from the University told her about it.
"It's really the most depressing time of the year for me," Silva said about being in Kansas during Brazilian Carnaval. She said she had enjoyed the KU BRASA celebration a lot, but she missed her friends at home, who call and remind her how much fun it is back in Brazil.
Today — Capoeirs Workshop at Ecumenical Christian Ministries (upper level), 6 p.m. Brazilian Martial Arts workshop
EVENTS
Tuesday — Movie: "The Man Who Copied" at 4045 Wescoe, b:30 p.m. - Led by Cacilda Rego, assistant professor of Spanish & Portuguese
Wednesday — "Brazil,
The Challenges
Ahead" at 305
Courtside, Burge
Union, 5:30 p.m.
- Symposium on
political, social and
environmental issues
in Brazil. Led by
professors Christopher
Brown and Gary
Richards.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
Thursday — "Samba & Axe" Workshop at Ecumenical Christian Ministries (upper level), 5:30 p.m.
- Carnaval dance workshop
Friday — The Big Brazilian Table and Open Mic in the Hawk's Nest (Kansas Union),
5:30 p.m. - Come talk to Brazilians and try Brazilian cheese rolls and Guarana
Saturday - BRASA's
Carnaval Party Abe
& Jake's Landing, 8
E. Sixth St, 9 p.m.
- tickets available
at Student Union
Activities office in the
Kansas Union for $12
or $14 at the door.
BRASA Web site
NATION
Tragedy strikes West Virginia again in work site accident
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — A fire broke out Saturday in a 1,000-foot-tall smokestack under construction at a coalfired power plant, briefly trapping three workers. A fourth was presumed dead, officials said.
Three men working at the top of the stack were plucked off the structure by a Maryland State Police helicopter about 10 p.m. Saturday. They had been trapped for more than two hours above the flames.
The victim was part of a second crew working inside the stack, Marshall County Sheriff John Gruzinskas said. The sheriff initially confirmed the death, then later said the worker was presumed dead "simply because we haven't recovered the remains."
The victim's name was not immediately released.
The three workers trapped at the top of the stack were all in stable condition at area hospitals early Sunday.
"They were able to get on top of the stack and able to secure themselves on the side to stay out of the fire." Gruzinskas said.
Charles P. Saus/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ground crews were able to communicate with the men by radio, he said, and the three remained "calm" while awaiting rescue.
Rescuers lowered a basket to the smokestack and lifted off each of the three survivors individually, Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley said.
"It was windy, dark, and there was fire and smoke, so that's a challenge for the pilot and the paramedic who's operating the hoist." Shipley said.
Smoke surrounds smokestacks at American Electric Power's Kammer-Mitchell plant south of Moundsville, W.Va., about 68 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pa., Sunday. One worker was unaccounted for and three had to be rescued by helicopter from the top of the 1,000-foot-tall smokestack, left, after a fire broke out Saturday during construction work.
The fire broke out at American Electric Power's Kammer
Mitchell plant south of Moundsville, about 68 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.
Fire officials decided to let the fire burn itself out before trying to enter the stack, said Tom Hart, director of Marshall County Emergency Management.
Officials have been assured by AEP that the structure is sound and in no danger of collapsing.
The plant is being upgraded to bring the power station into compliance with federal air pollution regulations. The men were working for contractor Pullman Power Inc.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
KC Campus Garden Projects Volunteers & Coordinators Needed
Time to Till?
KU Campus Garden Project
Lutneers & Coordinators Neede
Pictures & information at:www.ku.edu/~cgarden
Informational Meeting Walnut Rm., KS Union March 9, 7pm Hen Tour. weather permitting
The 2nd Annual
NTSF is sponsoring
NTSF is sponsoring Parents' Night Out!
The 2nd Annual KU Professionals for Disability (KUPD) Student Conference Theme: Research to Practice
Synote: Dr. Hank Bohanon, a 2000 graduate of the University of Kansas, is currently employed as an assistant professor at Loyola University.
Friday March 10, 5:00-9:00 pm Relay Room, Burge Union Appropriate games, activities, food and drinks provided Please RSVP by Monday, March 6 by contact ing Megan at nontrad_meg@yahoo.com or Susie at 785-840-4618. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Date: Friday, March 10, 2005
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Kansas Union
6th floor-Centennial Room
University of Kansas Prosperousai for Disability
"We were so close to
Friday, March 10 7 to 9 pm
Questions: email any of the following student conference planning committee members: Sunday Dove (sdove@ku.edu), Sheila Smith (smssht2@ku.edu), Amanda Tyrrell (alt@ku.edu), Cecile Komara, (cecile@ku.edu), Jan Klein (kleinja6@ku.edu), Kai Chien Tien (kaisalmail@ku.edu), Katie Davis (goddess@ku.edu), Aimee Collier (collier@ku.edu)
were so close to getting
March 6,2006
th9 Bomb in My garden
getting a bomb. We
tens or hundreds of
SUA and Student Senate present the 2006 Student Lecture Series
hombs Looking back.
the world was lucky."
An evening with Dr Mahdi Obedi
former chief scientist of the Nuclear
Weapons program under Saddam Hussein
Swiss Party!
Come join our potpuck of Swiss cuisine and other European dishes and drinks. We will be expressing our respective countries' influence on Switzerland.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
7:30 PM 120 Budig Hall
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Toilet washers available in SAA Box Office
icket teachers available in job box office
4th florid, Kansas Union
Hosted by the Italian, French, and German Clubs See website for location details. For more information see wwwku.edu/~circolo or email circolo@ku.edu.
March 7th, 2016 * 7:00 pm *
Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas University
Commission on the status of women's feMENism:
http://www.ku.edu/-kucsw email: comstwomen@ku.edu
Men in feminism panel discussing the role of men in support, as feminists, and in current stereotypes.
3/8/2006 7:00pm ALCOVE G in the Kansas Union
Open to All!
Meeting:
Special Presentation by a representative from the University Career Center, with a brief meeting following. All are welcome!
Tuesday March 7th · 7PM Parlors Room KS Union
March 4th - 11th, 2006 The Brazilian Week
The Balkans
Dan Wildcat, Instructor of American Indian Studies at Haskell Indian Nations University, will share his experience as a traveler in many of the six countries that historically have become
Sat - Central Workshop
@ THE MERRY, WDIV Pollock 2-4pm, $15 (not a BRASA event)
Sun - "Feijoaada"
@ ECM, 5:30pm - Brazilian Typical dish made with black beans, meal, and rice (appropriate option offered)
Mon - Capoeira Workshop
@ ECM (upper level), 6pm - Brazilian Martial Art workshop
Tue - Movie: "The Man Who Coped"
@ 4045 Wescose, 5:30pm - Led by Facila Rego
Wed - "Brazil, The Challenges Ahead"
@ 305 Courtside, Burge Union, 5:30pm - Symposium on political, social, and environmental issues in Brazil. Led by Prof. Christopher Brown and Prof. Gary Richard.
Thu - "Samba & Axe" Workshop
@ ECM (upper level), 5:30pm - Caravana dance workshop
Fri - The BIG Brazilian Table & Open Mic
@ Hawk's Nest (KS Union), 5:30pm - Practice your Portuguese w/ Brazilian Cheeseelie and Guarana
Sat - BRASA's Camaval Party
@ Abe&Jake's, 9pm - tickets @ SUA
Brazilian Student Association
KU SPRING 2006 BLOOD DRIVE
Friday. March 10
Community Blood Center
BLOOD IN LAP, DINNER IT
Friday, December 19th
seasonal weather:
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Blood vessel flow:
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
**FROM**
3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Karlsruhe Union - 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Stuttgart - 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sign up to save lives at www.kubelddrive.com Everyone who comes in to donate will receive a free KU
Tuesday, March 7
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 7:00 p.m.
Oracle Flight 100 to 7:00 p.m.
Oracle Flight 100 to 5:00 p.m.
Oracle Flight 100 to 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 9
Wednesday, March 8
Kansas University Ballroom - 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cornell Hall - 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Blood Vessel - Student Center - 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Panhelne-
AURH, AIRW, ROTC KU,
Student Senate KU Alumni
Assoc, IFC, ASCHE, KUAC
Wednesday, March 8
Thursday, March 8
Three Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Hall Hair 1100 - to 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Hall Wash 1000 - to 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Chuck Ahern, Candidate for 3rd District Congress
Tuesday March 7th
7:00pm
Kansas Union
Jayhawk room
known as the "Balkans."
Watkins, 1st floor conference room
Pre-Nursing Club meeting
Featured Speakers:
- Nancy Mense, RN,
- Amanda Meats, RN, BSN
- Melanie Foltz, RN, BSN
KU school of Nursing will have an event for students speak about their Nursing Career Options Day in April! Our main focus of our speakers is NICU & Pediatric Nurses.
March 8th 12-1pm is the lecture with a $3 lunch served at 11:30 or brownbake
Pizza & Politics With Steve Nelson & Ed Quick
Listen to two former Congressional staffers give a talk titled "Stories from Capitol Hill"--Ed Quick, former aide to retired Sen. Tom Eagleton (D-MO) and Sen. David Pryor, (D-AR): and, Steve Nelson, former advisor on the House foreign affairs committee on intelligence.
When: March 8, 2006
When: March 8, 2006
12-1:30pm
Where: Kansas Union,
Malott Room, 6th Floor
Robert J. Dole
Institute of Politics
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Presented by the Student Legislative Awareness Board & the Dole Institute of Politics
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