A day in Venice

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs,
    A palace and a prison on each hand:
    I saw from out the wave her structures rise
    As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand:
    A thousand years their cloudy wings expand
    Around me, and a dying Glory smiles
    O'er the far times, when many a subject land
    Looked to the wingéd Lion's marble piles,
Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles!

    She looks a sea Cybele, fresh from ocean,
    Rising with her tiara of proud towers
    At airy distance, with majestic motion,
    A ruler of the waters and their powers:
    And such she was--her daughters had their dowers
    From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East
    Poured in her lap all gems in sparkling showers:
    In purple was she robed, and of her feast
Monarchs partook, and deemed their dignity increased.

    In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more,
    And silent rows the songless gondolier;
    Her palaces are crumbling to the shore,
    And music meets not always now the ear:
    Those days are gone--but Beauty still is here;
    States fall, arts fade--but Nature doth not die,
    Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear,
    The pleasant place of all festivity,
The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
Lord George Byron

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The City of Samba

Brazil carnival itself has been around since the early 18th century making it to this day the biggest festival in the world, taking to Río de Janeiro and São Paulo every year over two million people everyday of the wild four days celebration.

Undoubtedly, what capture the eyes of millions of viewers from all around the world are the dazzling and colorful costumes designed by the talented members of the samba schools who start working with ateliers up to eight months in advance making the costumes by hand. Feathers, satins, beads and sequins are the typical materials used in the creating of these amazing pieces... from the funny to the incredibly sexy and outlandish, each costume always has that huge surprise factor.

El carnaval de Brasil se ha celebrado desde principios del siglo XVlll haciendo de este el mayor festival en el mundo entero hasta nuestros días, llevando a Río de Janeiro y São Paulo cada año mas de dos millones de personas durante los cuatro días que dura la intensa celebracion. 

Sin duda, lo que mas capta la atencion de los millones de espectadores de todo el mundo son los deslumbrantes y coloridos disfraces diseñados por los talentosos miembros de las escuelas de samba quienes empiezan con mas de ocho meses de adelanto a trabajar de la mano con talleres en la confección de estos trajes. Plumas, telas brillosas, lentejuelas y chaquiras son los materiales mas usados en la creación de estas increíbles piezas que varían desde lo gracioso hasta lo sensual y excéntrico.. sin duda cada disfraz siempre tiene el factor sorpresa!

ph. Levi Bianco

Most importantly, everyone is invited to join the celebration in a costume to experience the true spirit of such fun Carnival. So if you ever happen to be one of the two million people I hope you don't be left out of the color and glitter of this event!

Muy importante, todos están invitados a unirse a la celebración en un disfraz para poder experimentar el verdadero espíritu detrás de tan divertido carnaval así es que si algún día llegas a ser una de las dos mil personas espero que no te de miedo el color y brillo!

The City of Samba by Jarbas Agnelli.

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