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Livros do Cordel: Books on a String
In the Gallery May 9 - Aug 1, 2008
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An exhibition celebrating the famous livros do cordel, the printed folk literature of northeastern Brazil
Pictured above, Jose Soares Com Jose Costa Leita, from the collection of Stefan Bartkowiak.
Works from the exhibition |
Genário Barbosa de Oliveira (Trovador-Repentista), A Triste Tragédia de Santo Antonio de Jesus (The Sad Tragedy of St Anthony of Jesus) (Publisher: Self. Registered with the Brazilian Order of Poets of Literature of the String in Salvador-Bahia.) From the collection of Alastair Johnston. After asking God for protection, the poet relates how an explosion in the night of 11 December killed 55. Osvaldo Bastos Prazeres was a businessman who got rich selling Þreworks. He had a dairy farm as a front for his illegal fireworks factory that exploded, and it was not the first accident connected with the clandestine enterprise. The poet relates how a baby girl was born by caesarian section from her dead mother, and named Victory. The ancient city of Santo Antonio de Jesus is about 187 km from Salvador.  | ||
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