Nordeste

. Beaches, Sun and Fun all year long
. The Sertão and the Caatinga land
. The Folklore and the Popular traditions

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1. From Maranhão to Bahia

From Maranhão to Bahia, sunny coasts covered by dunes and coconut trees. Brazil's most beautiful beaches and about 2/3 of Brazil's resorts. (See also: Brazil Tours)

2. From Forró to Frevo

- Folklore, tradition, feasts and rythms: the forró and, in June, with the festas juninas; the frevo and the musical agitation of Bahia. Plenty of typical cultural manifestations of a region that knows how to preserve its authenticity.

3. Oil and Vacations

From economic point of view, Nordeste, is the oil from Rio Grande do Norte and Bahia, sugar-cane in Pernambuco and Alagoas. Tourist vocation is in evidence now mainly in Bahia, Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte

The Sertão and Caatinga Land

The country's hinterland, that is the dominion of the sertão. It is a semi-desertic region, covered by thorny shrubs - the famous caatinga nordestina (caatinga: rare vegetation, from the Tupi) - and often under the influence of endemic dryness (sêca).

Luar do sertão

Moon shine of the sertão - Land of desolation and mysticism, the sertão is an important element of the Brazilian soul: the luar do sertão, the asa branca, the mulher rendeira (lacemaker woman), the carrancas, the forró, the litterature of cordel, the violeiros, the frevo and the maracatu are some of the cultural aspects that make sertão well known outside its boundaries.

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