The Balloonists: Brazil's Underground Folk Artists
- 2014
- 1h 14m
Balloons have been a feature of popular culture in Brazil for centuries. They were originally small paper balloons launched only during the Festas Juninas, traditional catholic festivals. Ov... Read allBalloons have been a feature of popular culture in Brazil for centuries. They were originally small paper balloons launched only during the Festas Juninas, traditional catholic festivals. Over the last century, balloons became secular, a popular folk art. Balloonists organized in... Read allBalloons have been a feature of popular culture in Brazil for centuries. They were originally small paper balloons launched only during the Festas Juninas, traditional catholic festivals. Over the last century, balloons became secular, a popular folk art. Balloonists organized in teams that worked year-round. The balloons themselves grew bigger and more complex, some ... Read all