My class had another cultural day last month, a visit to Pátio de Colégio and Mercado Municipal (lovingly referred to by Paulistanas as Mercadão).
Mercadão is a well-known indoor "street style" market in the center of Sao Paulo. You can buy meats, fish, cheeses, wines, spirits, fruits and so many other types of food at this market. My favorite was the fruits. There were so many fruits I had never seen or heard of, so I decided to be a little sneaky. I walked around to almost every fruit stand I could find and asked for samples.
Me: "Oi, pode prova este?" (Hi can I try this?)
Vender: "Não provas" (No sample)
Me: "Não entendi" (I don't understand)
Vender: "Desculpe, mas, não pode" (I'm sorry, but, you can't)
Me: "Ummm, não entendi, por favor, deixe-me tentar" (I don't understand, please let me try)
Eventually most of the sellers got annoyed with me and let me sample at least one fruit.
I tried to find translations for some of the fruits but since we don't have most of them in the US, there is no translation.
Caju (who knew the nut came from a fruit??)
Jabuticaba (only in the Brasilian Amazon)
Pitaya (Dragonfruit)
Graviola/ Fruta do Conde (soursop? I've never even heard of this in English)
Rambutan (no translation, but YUMMMM)
I, and many other gringos from FAAP, were invited to be in the studio audience for a late-night Brasilian talk show called "Altas Horas".
The show is about 2 hours long, which is a LOT of Portuguese to listen to, but I was able to understand most of what was going on.
Fun fact: You know how in the US live shows always have red signs saying "On Air"...
They have the same thing in Brasil, but they say "No Ar"
The Gringo Section
Special Guests (left to right):
Débora Nascimento (Novela Actriz)
Andres Torres (Jogador de Futebol)
Poliana Abritta (Journalista do Brasil)
Super Special Guests (L - R):
Zeca Pagodinho (Cantador de Samba)
Seu Jorge (Cantador Brasileiro)
Here are the YouTube links to watch the show:
In part 1 the gringos and I have quite the extensive interview around 40:00 :)
In part two you can catch me towards the very end when the show is ending
Look Mom and Dad! I'm famous!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-x6nf9hXg&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFw6oQlrSLI&feature=relmfu
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