Brazil’s martial art and dance, Capoeira, has been added to the United Nation’s list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. The program aims to draw attention to the importance of safeguarding intangible heritage, which has been identified by UNESCO as an essential component and a repository of cultural diversity and creative expression.
It is Brazil’s sixth listed intangible cultural heritage. Others on the list include Frevo and Samba da Roda.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Brazil Guide in the Guia Quadro Rodas series, the publisher, Abril, has come up with a list of what it considers to be the 50 top restaurants in Brazil for 2015.
Nearly half, or 24 in total, are located in São Paulo, but eight are to be found in Rio de Janeiro, nine if you count Dona Irene in Teresópolis.
The Top 50 are:
1 – D.O.M. / São Paulo – SP
Rua Barão de Capanema, 549 – Cerqueira César
(11) 3088-0761
2 – MANÍ / São Paulo – SP
Rua Joaquim Antunes, 210 – Jardim Paulistano
(11) 3085-4148
3 – FASANO / São Paulo – SP
Rua Vitório Fasano, 88 – Cerqueira César
(11) 3062-4000
4 – ROBERTA SUDBRACK / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Avenida Lineu de Paula Machado, 916 – Jardim Botânico
(21) 3874-0139
5 - DUE CUOCHI CUCINA ITAIM / São Paulo – SP
Rua Manuel Guedes, 93 – Itaim Bibi
(11) 3078-8092
6 – TRE BICCHIERI / São Paulo – SP
Rua General Mena Barreto, 765 – Itaim Bibi
(11) 3885-4004
7 – MAHALO / Cuiabá – MT
Rua Pres. Castello Branco, 359 – Quilombo
(65) 3028-7700
8 – FASANO AL MARE / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Avenida Vieira Souto, 80 – Ipanema
(21) 3202-4030
9 – FLORIANO SPIESS COZINHA DE AUTOR / Porto Alegre – RS
Praça do Japão, 155 – Bela Vista
(51) 3237-7601
10 – EPICE / São Paulo – SP
Rua Haddock Lobo, 1002 – Cerqueira César
(11) 3062-0866
11 – SKYE / São Paulo – SP
Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, 4700 – Jardim Paulista
(11) 3055-4702
12 – A BELA SINTRA / São Paulo – SP
Rua Bela Cintra, 2325 – Jardim Paulista
(11) 3891-1090
13 – ORO / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Rua Frei Leandro, 20 – Jardim Botânico
(21) 2266-7591
14 – OLYMPE / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Rua Custódio Serrão, 62 – Jardim Botânico
(21) 2539-4542
15 – TRATTORIA / São Paulo – SP
Rua Iguatemi, s/n – Itaim Bibi
(11) 3167-3322
16 – DUE CUOCHI CUCINA SHOPPING CIDADE JARDIM / São Paulo – SP
Shopping Cidade Jardim – Avenida Magalhães de Castro, 12000 – Cidade Jardim
(11) 3758-2731
17 – DUE CUOCHI CUCINA MORUMBI / São Paulo – SP
Morumbi Corporate – Henri Dunant, 1383, – Sto. Amaro
(11) 3957-9580
18 – GERO / São Paulo – SP
Rua Haddock Lobo, 1629 – Cerqueira César
(11) 3064-0005
19 – AMADEUS / São Paulo – SP
Rua Haddock Lobo, 807 – Cerqueira César
(11) 3061-2859
20 – ATTIMO / São Paulo – SP
Rua Diogo Jácome, 341 – Vila Nova Conceição
(11) 5054-9999
21 – LE BATEAU IVRE / Porto Alegre – RS
Rua Tito Lívio Zambecari, 805 – Mont Serrat
(51) 3330-7351
22 – KINOSHITA / São Paulo – SP
Rua Jacques Félix, 405 – Vila Nova Conceição
(11) 3849-6940
23 – JUN SAKAMOTO / São Paulo – SP
Rua Lisboa, 55 – Pinheiros
(11) 3088-6019
24 – VECCHIO TORINO / São Paulo – SP
Rua Tavares Cabral, 119 – Pinheiros
(11) 3816-0592
25 – VECCHIO SOGNO / Belo Horizonte – MG
Rua Martim de Carvalho, 75 – Santo Agostinho
(31) 3292-5251
26 – ICI BISTRÔ / São Paulo – SP
Rua Pará, 36 – Higienópolis
(11) 3259-6896
27 – GIRARROSTO / São Paulo – SP
Avenida Cidade Jardim, 56 – Jardim Europa
(11) 3062-6000
28 – DONA IRENE / Teresópolis – RJ
Rua Ten. Luís Meireles, 1800 – Bom Retiro
(21) 2742-2901
29 – PARIGI / São Paulo – SP
Rua Amauri, 275 – Itaim Bibi
(11) 3167-1575
30 – ANTIQUARIUS / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Rua Aristides Espínola, 19 – Leblon
(21) 2294-1049
31 – MOCOTÓ / São Paulo – SP
Avenida Nossa Senhora do Loreto, 1100 – Vila Medeiros
(11) 2951-3056
32 – GUARAMARE / Guarapari – ES
Avenida Meaípe, 716 – Enseada Azul) – 7 km
(27) 3272-1300
33 – REMANSO DO BOSQUE / Belém – PA
Avenida Rômulo Maiorana, 2350 – Marco
(91) 3347-2829
34 – ANGATU / Tiradentes – MG
Rua Santíssima Trindade, 81 – Santíssima Trindade
(32) 3355-1391
35 – FLOR DE SAL BISTRÔ / Ribeirão Preto – SP
Rua Floriano Peixoto, 1463 – Boulevard
(16) 3421-4963
36 – DALÍ CAMÕES / Brasília – DF
Setor Hoteleiro Sul, Qd. 6, Bl. B (Hotel Brasil 21 Convention)
(61) 3039-8156
37 – PROVENCE COTTAGE & BISTRÔ / Monte Verde – MG
Rua Cedrus Libani, 384 – Centro
(35) 3438-1467
38 – ESQUINA MOCOTÓ / São Paulo – SP
Avenida Nossa Senhora do Loreto, 1108 – Vila Medeiros
(11) 2949-7049
39 – TRINDADE / Belo Horizonte – MG
Rua Alvarenga Peixoto, 388 – Lourdes
(31) 2512-4479
40 – SUR / Maceió – AL
Rua Professora Maria Esther da Costa Barros, 306 – Stella Maris
(82) 9808-9090
41 – LASAI / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Rua Conde de Irajá, 191 – Botafogo
(21) 3449-1834
42 – WIELLA BISTRÔ / Recife – PE
Shopping da Decoração – Avenida Engenheiro Domingos Ferreira, 1274, – Boa Viagem
(81) 3463-3108
43 – KITANDA BRASIL / Tiradentes – MG
Rua Padroeiro Santo Antônio, 240 – Cascalho
(32) 3355-1560
44 – TAYPÁ / Brasília – DF
Setor de Habitações Individuais Sul, Quadra 17, Shopping Fashion Park – Lago Sul
(61) 3248-0403
45 – IRAJÁ / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Rua Comandante de Irajá, 109 – Botafogo
(21) 2246-1395
46 – LE PRÉ-CATELAN / Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Avenida Atlântica, 4240, Nível E – Copacabana
(21) 2525-1160
47 – GLOUTON / Belo Horizonte – MG
Rua Bárbara Heliodora, 59 – Lourdes
(31) 3292-4237
48 – ARTURITO / São Paulo – SP
Rua Artur de Azevedo, 542 – Pinheiros
(11) 3063-4951
49 – PONTE NOVA / Recife – PE
Rua do Cupim, 172 – Graças
(81) 3327-7226
50 – CHEF VIVI / São Paulo – SP
Rua Girassol, 833 – Vila Madalena
(11) 3031-0079
The first 100,000 tickets for Rock in Rio’s 30th anniversary shows in September 2015 sold out in just five hours when they were put on sale on 18 November 2014.
Fans will now have to wait until later in 2015 for the opportunity to by general tickets when they are released.
With few artists yet confirmed other than Katy Perry, John Legend and System of Down, fans that purchased the card will have first choice of days when the full schedule is confirmed.
Dates for the shows in 2015 are September 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
The concerts take place in the Olympic Park.
Prior to the Rio shows, Rock in Rio will take place in Las Vegas in May 2014. Artists confirmed include Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Metallica, Linkin Park, No Doubt, Deftones, Joss Stone and John Legend.
The Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau (RCVB), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, is introducing some of Rio de Janeiro’s many new attractions and facilities to the market during the WTM in London, as well as discussing improvements to the city’s infrastructure and transport post FIFA World Cup and pre-Olympic and Paralympic games.
Earlier this year Brazil hosted one of the most successful World Cups ever, with Rio de Janeiro hosting a total of seven games at the city’s iconic Maracanã Stadium, including the final on 13 July. Now the city is preparing to host the Olympic (5-21 August 2016) and Paralympic games (7-18 September 2016), making the city an ideal destination and venue for MICE events post 2016.
Even before the Olympic games, Rio has a great reason to celebrate as in 2015 the city will be celebrating the 450th anniversary of its founding. The celebrations will last from 1 January 2015 through carnival 2015 and 2016, on until 1 March 2016. More details and a growing calendar of events can be found at HERE
The RCVB will be located on the Brazil stand at the WTM (LA 100), but are also hosting a reception for the MICE market along with RioTur and LATAM on board the London Sunborn Yacht Hotel on Tuesday, 4 November. RCVB will also support and sponsor an evening reception during the WTM with the Latin American Travel Association and Air Europa at the historic St John’s Smith Square.
Olympic Park
Scheduled to host sixteen Olympic and ten Paralympic competitions, the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca is already taking shape in an area of 1.2 million square meters where the Jacarepaguá motor circuit – that used to host the Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix – was located.
New facilities are being built at the Olympic Park for the games that will later be used by the city and event organisers. These include a new velodrome; a large, modern tennis centre; a media centre and an international TV transmission hub, and close by, the city’s new golf course. Temporary installations will, as in London, be built for some of the sports, such as a handball arena that after the event will be transformed into four municipal schools.
An extension of the Olympic Park already hosts Rock in Rio, South America’s largest music festival, which is next scheduled to take place in September 2015 when it will be celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Hotels
Barra da Tijuca, where the Olympic Village is being built, has always been a key destination for the MICE market in Rio de Janeiro due to it being the location of RioCentro, the city’s main exhibition centre, a complex that will also be used as an Olympic and Paralympic venue in 2016.
According to the recent study by the Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau and ABIH-RJ (Brazilian Association of the Hotel Industry – State of Rio de Janeiro), this region of Rio will have a capacity of 12,850 hotel rooms by 2016. Among the chains to operate new hotels in the area are Blue Tree, Grand Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, Pestana, Ramada, and Trump.
The Port Area
One of Rio de Janeiro’s most rapidly developing new attractions is the city’s port area (www.portomaravilha.com.br) that is undergoing a total redevelopment and refurbishment, and which recently has hosted major art and fashion events as well as the city’s international film festival, Festival do Rio.
The area already has attractions such as the new and very popular Rio Museum of Art, as well as famous gastronomic and cultural centres around the Morro da Conceição, such as Pedra do Sal and Largo da Prainha.
Work is already well underway on the construction of the Museum of Tomorrow, which jutting out into the bay is likely to become a city landmark in its own right when it opens in 2015.
Other attractions in the Port area include the Valongo Suspended Garden, Conceição Fort, Conceição Episcopal Palace, and the Cemitério dos Pretos Novos, which is an archaeological site of an old African slave cemetery. The city’s historic British Cemetery is also located in this area of Rio.
Across town, closer to Copacabana, Casa Daros is a top art gallery that has one of the most complete collections dedicated to Latin American contemporary art, with around 1,200 works of art, including paintings, photographs, videos, sculptures and installations.
Casa Daros is a space for art, education, communication and events, and occupies a 19th century neoclassic mansion, preserved under the Historic Heritage of the city of Rio de Janeiro and designed by the architect Francisco Joaquim Bethencourt da Silva (1831-1912).
The RCVB can be contacted by phone in Rio de Janeiro on (+55) 21 2266-9750 or by email at rcvb@rcvb.com.br.
In recent weeks the USA women’s basketball team has booked its place at the Rio Olympics alongside the USA men’s team. Both won their respective world championships.
Also through are the Colombia women’s football team who qualified by coming second to Brazil in the Copa America. The women’s football tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be contested by 12 teams. In addition to Brazil and Colombia, there will be three European teams, two from Africa, two from Asia, two from North and Central America and one from Oceania. Places will be allocated according to the results of continental qualifying competitions.
The first two hockey teams have also won their places at the Rio Olympic Games, with India’s men and the Republic of Korea’s women confirming their berths by winning the gold medals at the recent Asian Games, in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.
The men’s and women’s hockey tournaments will each feature 12 teams. Five berths in each gender will be obtained through continental tournaments, such as the Asian Games, while six will be won through the 2014/2015 Hockey World League. The 12th spots are reserved for Brazil if the host nation’s teams achieve performance criteria set by the International Hockey Federation.
Five more countries have confirmed their places in the shooting competition following the world championships when 27 nations booked their spots. The Shooting Championship of the Americas, held in Guadalajara, México, has confirmed a further 11 places. Cuba claimed the largest number of berths by winning five events, while the USA took three spots. The Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Ecuador won one place each.
China was top of the shots at 51st International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship in September 2014, winning nine berths for the first Olympic Games in South America. Germany, the Republic of Korea, Italy and Russia each claimed five spots, while France and Slovakia secured three places.
The other nations to win places at Rio 2016 were Australia, Belarus, Spain, USA, Great Britain, Norway, Serbia, Ukraine and Vietnam (two each), Bulgaria, Chinese Taipei, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Slovenia, Hungary, India, Czech Republic and Turkey.
Sailing has delivered the largest bulk of Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifiers yet, as 138 places – more than half of the sport’s total for the event – were won at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain.
New Zealand, Great Britain and France finished as the top-performing nations, all claiming berths in each of the 10 Olympic classes. A total of 39 countries won places in Brazil.
The other 36 nations that won Rio 2016 places were: Denmark (7), the Netherlands (7), Italy (7), Australia (6), Spain (5), the USA (5), Russia (5), Sweden (5), Austria (4), China (4), Croatia (4), Finland (4), Norway (4), Germany (3), Ireland (3), Japan (3), Poland (3), Portugal (2), Lithuania (2), Israel (2), Argentina (2), Cyprus (2), Belgium (2), Canada (2), Slovenia (2), Greece (2), Switzerland (2), Belarus, Estonia, Guatemala, Hungary, the Virgin Islands, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Singapore and Tunisia.
In total, 274 boats will compete in Guanabara Bay at the Olympic Games. In addition to the 138 that qualified in Santander, a further 47 will win their places at the 2015 world championships and 75 at continental qualifiers held in 2015 and 2016. Brazil will be allocated 10 places and the remaining four spots will be by invitation by the International Sailing Federation.
The LATAM Airline Group has opened its new VIP lounge at the new Terminal 3 in São Paulo International Airport in Guarulhos, that will benefit pasengers connecting to-and-from Rio de Janeiro over São Paulo.
The lounge is for passengers flying with TAM or LAN in business or first, as well as passengers flying on oneworld alliance members that include British Airways, American, and Iberia.
The lounge covers an area of 1.800 m², and can accommodate 450 passengers at any one time. It operates daily from 05.00 to midnight.
Weekly news magazine, Veja, has published its annual list of the best restaurants and bars in Rio de Janiero. The choice is made both by a specially chosen jury of experts as well as the votes of the readers of Veja Rio.
Here is Veja’s selection with the official jury choice listed first, and the public’s choice second. You will note they do not always agree!
RESTAURANTS
Asian: Mee / Sawasdee Bistrô
Brazilian: Roberta Sudbrack / Aprazível (photo)
Buffet: Celeiro / Ráscal
Cheap and Cheerful: Botequim / Gutessen Café e Restaurante
Contemporary: Laguiole / Quadrucci
Dessert: Oro / Demi-glace
French: Olympe (photo) / CT Brasserie
Italian: Gero / CT Trattorie
Japanese: Sushi Leblon / Manekineko
Meat: Giuseppe Grill / Outback Steakhouse
Meat – Barbecue Rodízio: Fogo de Chão / Fogo de Chão
Pizza: Capricciosa / Bráz
Seadfood: Satyricon / Satyricon
Special set Menu: Irajá / Irajá
Also voted for were:
Chef of the Year: Pedro de Artagão (Irajá) / Claude Troisgros (Olympe, CT Boucherie, CT Trattorie, CT Brassserie)
Upcoming Chef: Rafael Costa e Silva, (Lasai) / Fred Barroso (Le Vin Bistrô)
Restaurateur of the Year: Marcelo Torres (Best Fork) / Claude Troisgros (Grupo Troisgros)
Cecília Aldaz, of Oro was voted sommelier of the year; Aprazível had the best wine list; Bazzar was elected best wine bar; and the best wine store was Mistral.
BARS
Balcony / Stand Up: Adega Pérola / Adega Pérola
Beer / Chope: Botto Bar / Botto Bar (photo)
Beer List: Delirium / Aconchego Carioca
“Bolinhos”: Aconchego Carioca / Aconchego Carioca
Boteco: Momo / Aconchego Carioca
Drinks List: Paris Bar / Complex Esquina 111
Food: Cachambeer / Adelos
Gastrobar: Pipo / Complex Esquina 111
For couples: Bar Veloso /Complex Esquina 111
Music: Godofredo Rio / Botto Bar
View: Bar do Alto / Bar Urca (photo)
FOOD
Bread: La Bicyclette / Boulangerie Guerin
Breakfast: Empório Jardim / Empório Jardim
“Brigadeiro” (sweets): Fabiana D’Angelo / Colher de Pau
Cake: Café Sorelle / The Bakers
Chocolate: Q / Kopenhagen
“Coxinha” (croquettes): Da Gema / Confeitaria Colombo (photo)
Éclair: Guerin / Kurt
Hamburger: Comuna / Reserva T.T. Burger
Ice Cream: Vero / Venchi
Juices: Jaeé / BB Lanches
Daniel Ribeiro’s Hojé eu Quero Voltar Sozinho (The Way He Looks) has been chosen to represent Brazil in the Foreign Language Film category at the 87th Academy Award. The film, which won the Teddy Award and FIPRESCI prize at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, tackles LGBT issues.
Set against the music of Belle and Sebastian, Ribeiro’s coming of age tale is a fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who is fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans. Meanwhile, Giovana, grows jealous of this new found companionship as tensions mount between her and Leo.
A record 83 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards. The nominations will be announced 15 January 2015 in Los Angeles.The other Latin American submissions are:
Argentina, “Wild Tales,” Damián Szifrón, director;
Bolivia, “Forgotten,” Carlos Bolado, director;
Brazil, “The Way He Looks,” Daniel Ribeiro, director;
Chile, “To Kill a Man,” Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director;
Colombia, “Mateo,” María Gamboa, director;
Costa Rica, “Red Princesses,” Laura Astorga Carrera, director;
Cuba, “Conducta,” Ernesto Daranas Serrano, director;
Dominican Republic, “Cristo Rey,” Leticia Tonos, director;
Ecuador, “Silence in Dreamland,” Tito Molina, director;
Mexico, “Cantinflas,” Sebastián del Amo, director;
Panama, “Invasion,” Abner Benaim, director;
Peru, “The Gospel of the Flesh,” Eduardo Mendoza, director;
Uruguay, “Mr. Kaplan,” Álvaro Brechner, director;
Venezuela, “The Liberator,” Alberto Arvelo, director.
Rio will move its clocks forward one hour at zero hour on Sunday, 19 October. The city will remain on summer time until Sunday, 22 February, the Sunday after carnival.
With summer time in parts of Brazil, the country will have three time zones. The first includes Rio and the country’s capital, Brasília, as well as all the states in the South and South East, as well as Goiás. The second, which is one hour behind, includes the states in the Northeast as well as Pará, Amapá, Tocantins, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul. The third, two hours behind Brasília, includes Acre, Amazonas, Roraima and Rondônia.
Although mainly in Portuguese, the official programme of Festival do Rio is still a very useful tool for anyone planning to attend the event and who wishes to plan what to watch . Here is the link to download the festival programme.
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