A view of the first favela of Brazil, Morro da Providência, from the Valongo Hanging Garden. The half-moon on top of the hill is part of Casa Amarela, a cultural center established in 2009 by the French artist JR and the Brazilian photographer and…
Located in Little Africa, Casa Omolokum--named after the food made for Oxum, the Afro-Brazilian deity of femininity, fertility, and prosperity--serves Afro-Brazilian dishes such as moqueca and acarajé. The restaurant is part of a collective that…
Located in the terreiro Ilê Omolu Oxum, the Memorial Iyá Davina is a documentation and research center open to the public and dedicated to Afro-Brazilian society and culture. The center stores various materials (including photographs, drawings,…
The jongo is a dance that was originally performed by the enslaved workers at coffee plantations in southeast Brazil. Today, the quilombo of Santa Rita do Bracuí is continuing this Afro-Brazilian tradition.
According to the inhabitants of the quilombo of Santa Rita of Bracuí, this cemetery, attached to the chapel of São José, was built for the enslaved community of Bracuí to bury their relatives and was used exclusively by the descendants of emancipated…
Located on the western slope of the Morro da Conceição, this Hanging Garden of Valongo (Jardim Suspenso do Valongo), called so because it sits 7 meters above street level, was built in 1906 and designed as a romantic garden by the landscape architect…
Map of the Tijuca forest made in in azulejos (Portuguese ceramic tiles) and designed by Castro Maya in 1943-46. The Tijuca forest was the first protected public area established in Brazil by Dom Pedro II in 1861, and efforts to reforest the land…
Urucum is the original Tupi name (meaning "red color") of Bixa orellana, a shrub native to Central America. Many indigenous peoples of the Americas used the seeds of this plant to make body paint and lipstick.
Inaugurated in 2017, the MUHCAB (Museu da História e da Cultura Afro-Brasileira) is located in the former José Bonifácio School in Little Africa. It seeks to tell the story of Afro-descendant communities in the region, showcase Afro-Brazilian…