‘Videos’ Archives
Mardi Gras in Los Angeles
It was Big Fatty, or Fat Tuesday, last week – the final day of Carnaval celebrations around the world. I can’t resist posting this video footage I shot at a Fat Tuesday celebration thrown by my friends from Swing Brazil Tribe at Zanzibar in Santa Monica, CA. [Read More]
Samba, samba and more samba!
I just re-uploaded three videos I took of Samba dancing in Bahia, Brazil, the birth place of Samba. Brazil’s national social dance, Samba in Bahia is usually in the form of Samba de Roda (circle dance), with everyone forming the circle taking turn dancing inside the [Read More]
Mindful travel: Bali
If you have plans in the future to visit Bali, one of my favorite escapes, please don’t go there just to eat, pray, and love blindly. Bali is paradise to its visitors, but it is still part of a third world country. Perhaps take a moment to research the many [Read More]
Turkey: Cruising the Bosphorus
Here’s a quickly edited video of a ferry cruise I took on my first day of my Turkey trip, through the Bosphorus, starting from Eminönü in Istanbul and ending at Anadolu Kavağı, which is the last ferry stop on the Asian side of the strait, just before the Black Sea. [Read More]
Celebrating the best of Rio de Janeiro in Southern California
Every third Sunday of September, SambaLá Samba School presents a Brazil-style Street Carnaval party on the streets of downtown Long Beach. The Carnaval has grown to be the second-largest all-Brazilian event in the US, only behind New York’s Brazilian Day. It’s [Read More]
Walking San Francisco
Here’s short video I did when I was in San Francisco in June 2010. It’s a walk from the Castro to the Mission, mostly through 18th Street, passing such city landmarks as Castro Theater, Dolores Park, SF Women’s Building and the great restaurant row of [Read More]
Yemanja Dance
Swing Brazil Tribe and Viver Brasil dance company of Los Angeles, CA dancing the movement of Yemanja, the Afro Brazilian Goddess of the Sea. Part of Honoring the Sea, closing ceremony of 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music. Location: Santa Monica, CA. Bookmark on Delicious [Read More]
Honoring the Sea 2008
Honoring the Sea Procession in celebration of Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian Goddess of the Sea, led by Vida Vierra’s Swing Brazil. Part of closing ceremony of 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music. Location: Santa Monica Beach, CA. Bookmark on Delicious Share with [Read More]
Dida: Sound of Salvador, Bahia
Dida is an all-female percussion band that plays samba reggae, a music genre from Bahia, Brazil. Filmed in August ’08 on the street outside Dida School of Music, a non-profit organization that teaches music and dance for free to poor women and children of Salvador. [Read More]
Dragonboat Racing in Hong Kong
One gloomy Sunday in May 2009, I filmed a team practicing on 2 boats for the Stanley Dragon Boat Championship that would happen 2 weeks later in Stanley, Hong Kong. Enjoy the beautiful view of Tai Tam Bay in the background. Hong Kong celebrates the Tuen Ng Festival in the [Read More]
