BRAZILIAN
HEART....
DECEMBER
2009....
SINCE
1998....
....
Just
arrived from Guadalajara where I sang with Viver Brasil....
Dance
Co. at Feria del Libro. This year the International Book Fair....
was
honoring the city of Los Angeles. The Fair attracts an incredible....
amount
of young people who are hungry for Culture. They were amazingly warmth. The organizers
offered performances all over town presenting French, Middle East, African, Indian, Hawaian, Brazilian, and
Spanish artists. The Festival of Sacred Music Team treated us beautifully
ending our stay with a tour of the city, and a dinner with a margarita
included! ....
If you
ever go to Guadalajara, please visit the Palacio del Gubierno to see the Orozco's
Murals! It's amazing.....
Below,
you'll find a list of Brazilian theme gifts I made for you, and a story by Rumi
that I want to share. Let me know what you think.....
Enjoy.
: )....
....
SHOWS:....
Sambaguru
on December 31st, 2009....
@ South
Coast Winery (Temecula, CA)....
http://www.jazzandblues.org/features/2009/rhythmOnTheVineNewYears/....
....
Sambaguru
on January 9th, 2010....
@ SOB
(NY)....
....
CHRISTMAS
GIFT RECOMMENDATIONS:....
....
1.
PAULO COELHO’S Biography by Fernando Morais....
I met
Paulo Coelho in Rio when my band played at his wife’s birthday ....
party
in Copacabana. One day he visited the apartment I used to live with....
my
partner, and we exchanged books. He got my book about the Middle....
Ages
(he had not written The Alchesmist yet.) ....
The
Brazilian writer Fernando Morais wrote another book called....
“Olga,”
that I recommend as well.....
http://www.amazon.com/Paulo-Coelho-Warriors-Authorized-Biography/dp/0061718882....
....
2.
LULA MARCONDES paintings, drawings, etc. Lula is from Recife,....
Pernambuco,
and I met him through Global Crest, a company created by....
Christi
Pemberton and based in North Carolina that did a presentation with Sambaguru’s
music. His pieces make me smile.....
http://www.amazon.com/Paulo-Coelho-Warriors-Authorized-Biography/dp/0061718882....
....
3.
TRIBO, Sambaguru’s new CD. We are very proud of this new one.....
Special
guests include: Oscar Castro-Neves, Paul Jackson Jr,, Justo Almario, Siedah
Garrett (lyricist),The Vine Street Horns,
and more. TRIBO appeared in the preliminary list for the Grammy 2009.
Our previous CD, Navegar ao Sol, was also in the preliminary list.) Digstation.com
is a great site to purchase from, and treats us with respect. Enjoy the video
below!....
http://www.digstation.com/AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=ALB000026953....
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....
4.
If you’re crazy about T-SHIRTS and Brasil, try these 2 sites:....
http://shop.cafepress.com/brazilian-t'?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=seo--seo+-+general+apparel+-+us&utm_term=brazilian+t'+merchandise&utm_content=search-b&cmp=knc--g--us--seo--genapp_--b--brazilian_t'&gclid=CPnA_PP1tp4CFRQpawod3GVYmw....
http://www.zazzle.com/brazil+gifts....
....
5.
BRAZILIAN FILMS....
http://www.brazilianfilms.com/cgi-bin/virtualdistrib/perlshop.cgi?ACTION=ENTER%20SHOP&thispage=_1loja.html&ORDER_ID=%21ORDERID%21&LANG=english&CUR=dollar....
....
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Brazilian-movies/lm/RT9PLOZ1U0IXR....
....
6.
PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK....
My
friend Jorge Vismara has 2 beautiful books: “The Gift of Water”....
with
Viver Brasil Dance Co, and “Amazon River.” Check it out!....
http://jorgevismara.net/books.html....
....
7.
BRAZILIAN BIKINI....
Sometimes
girls ask me about the Brazilian “cut.” Ok, here it is.....
http://www.hotfrombrazil.com/....
....
8.
EYES OF A CHILD – DONATE....
Antonio
Covarrubia invited me to sing at one of his fundraisings this....
year.
It was an honor. Please, donate if you can.....
http://www.eyesofachildusa.org/dream.html....
....
9.
YOGA UNVEILED....
After
watching this movie I realized how much more is to be learned. I’ve been doing
Yoga for a long time (Hatha in Brasil, Bikran style here in Los Angeles, and
now Kundalini. ....
http://www.yogaunveiled.com/....
....
10.
SKIN PRODUCTS....
I found
them at BRAZZIL magazine online.....
http://www.amazondrops.com/....
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FOR YOU....
JESUS
ON THE LEAN DONKEY (By Rumi)....
....
Jesus
on the lean donkey,....
This is
an emblem of how the rational intellect....
Should
control the animal-soul.....
Let
your spirit be strong like Jesus.....
If that
part becomes weak,....
Then
the worn-out donkey grows to a dragon.....
....
Be
grateful when what seems unkind comes from a wise person.....
Once, a
holy man, riding his donkey, saw a snake crawling into....
a
sleeping man’s mouth! He hurried, but he couldn’t....
Prevent
it. He hit the man several blows with his club.....
....
The man
woke terrified and ran beneath an apple tree....
with
many rotten apples on the ground.....
“Eat!
You miserable wretch! Eat”....
“Why
are you doing his to me?”....
“Eat
more you fool.”....
“I’ve
never seen you before!....
Who are
you? Do you have some inner quarrel with your soul?”....
....
The
wise man kept forcing him to eat, and then he ran him.....
For
hours he whipped the poor man and made him run.....
Finally,
at nightfall, full of rotten apples,....
Fatigued,
bleeding, he fell and vomited everything,....
the
good and the bad, the apples and the snake.....
....
When he
saw that ugly snake come out of himself, he fell on his knees....
before
his assailant.....
“Are
you Gabriel? Are you God?....
I bless
the moment you first noticed me. I was dead....
and
didn’t know it. You’ve given me a new life.....
Everything
I’ve said to you was stupid!....
I
didn’t know.”....
....
“If I
had explained what I was doing,....
you
might have panicked and died of fear.....
Muhammad
said,....
“If I
described the enemy that lives inside men, even the most....
courageous
would be paralyzed. No one would go out, or do any work. No....
one
would pray or fast, and all power to change would fade from human....
beings,’
so I kept quiet while I was beating you, that like David I....
might
shape iron, so that, impossibly, I might put feathers back into....
a
bird’s wing.....
....
God’s
silence is necessary, because of humankind’s faintheartedness. ....
If I
had told you about the snake, you wouldn’t have been able to eat, and if you
hadn’t eaten, you wouldn’t have vomited.....
....
I saw
your condition and drove my donkey hard into the middle of it,....
saying
always under my breath, “Lord, make it easy on him.” I wasn’t....
permitted
to tell you, and I wasn’t permitted to stop beating you!”....
....
The
healed man, still kneeling, “I have no way to thank you for the....
quickness
of your wisdom and the strength of your guidance.....
God will
thank you.”....
....
FELIZ
NATAL & FELIZ ANO NOVO!....
Merry
Christmas & Happy New Year! ....
Katia :
)))....