Festa de Sao Joao / Saint John Party

Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brasil Jun/2006.Festa de Sao Joao, Grupo Barriquinha .Festa Junina, no centro velho de Sao Luis, patrimonio historico da humanidade, conhecida como cidade dos azulejos, colonizacao lusitana, maior area de arquitetura colonial portuguesa existente no Brasil, seculos XVIII e XIX no centro da cidade. / June Festival, popular festival, celebrated on key days following the Catholic feast days of Saint Anthony, John the Apostle and Saint Peter, in old city center. In 1997, Sao Luis was granted the title of Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in recognition for the preservation of its magnificent and homogenous Latin American colonial architectonic complex from the 18th and 19th Centuries..Foto Adri Felden/Argosfoto

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Festas Populares / Popular Festivals