Região Nordeste: Ceará
by: Matthew
Fortaleza is the capital of Ceará. It is a vibrant city that has a population of over three million people. It is the fifth largest city in Brazil. The city offers many different activities such as: museums, theaters, crafts, cuisine, and an intense nightlife.
ECONOMY
For centuries the economy of Ceará was severely influenced by physical conditions. The economy was based on exploration of very few natural resources. Early in history there was exploration of natural wood, sugar cane plantations, gold, and eventually coffee. Ceará was one of the poorest states in Brazil up until the 20th century when they began to invest in industrial products such as: textiles, shoes, and food processing businesses. Now the state relies on tourism as a main impact on the economy.
FOOD
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| Seafood |
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| Tapioca |
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| Carne de sol The coastline has many different restaurants with typical dishes prepared with an emphasis on seafood. Popular seafoods are lobster, shrimp and crab. Tapioca is a popular breakfast food. It is a Brazilian-style crepe made with tapioca starch derived from the cassava root (also called yuca). They are chewy and great paired with something sweet. Carne de sol is a sun-dried meat similar to beef jerky. It is salted and cured in the sun for one or two days and served with a semi-hard cheese called queijo de coalho. MUSIC In Ceará, its capital Fortaleza, is known for the forró music and dance. These types of songs and dances are a fusion of European, African and native traditions. It is performed by local bands at parties and large gatherings. Popular instruments used are: the metal triangle, zabumba (afro-brazilian drum), guitar, accordian, and brazilian fiddle. |
TOURISM
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| Beira-Mar Avenue |
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| Playground Music Festival The coastline of Beira-Mar Avenue has numerous restaurants with typical food, with emphasis on the dishes made from seafood, in addition to a varied craft fair, where you can find leather goods, trinkets, clothes, and food. At the end of the Avenue is the fish and seafood market, where you can buy fresh shrimp and other seafood. Fortaleza is also known for the numerous music festivals and raves. Playground Music festival is one of Brazil’s leading electronic music festivals, spilling in to an amusement park to see international DJs as well as enjoy the fairground rides. QUESTIONS What aspects about Ceará are your favorite? If you were to visit Ceará, what is the one thing you are most looking forward to doing? Sources:https://www.brazil.org.za/ceara.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RacuiR1vpKg http://visitbrasil.com/en/destinos/fortaleza.html http://www.visitfortaleza.com/ceara/economy.html https://idealmagazine.co.uk/eat-fortaleza-brazil/ https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Fortaleza https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/7-festivals-and-raves-in-fortaleza/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forr%C3%B3 |
Obrigada! I really enjoyed reading your post. Ceará looks like an amazing place. If I visited, I think the first thing that I would do would be to eat Tapioca. I love yucca and the dessert looks amazing! One of my favorite aspects was the Forró Music and Dance. This looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteI loved the picture of Fortuleza - looks like an amazing place. I thought it was neat that this was one of the first places in the country to do away with slavery. Great history fact!
Great post!
ReplyDeleteGreat information about Ceará. I enjoyed the information about the typical dishes. Sounds like a great place to go eat seafood. I would love to try Tapioca, sounds like a great dessert after enjoying a lobster dish. I was surprise about carne de sol, its very similar to "carne seca" in Mexico. We also dry our meat, we like to serve our meat with beer . =)
Obrigada!
What aspects about Ceará are your favorite? If you were to visit Ceará, what is the one thing you are most looking forward to doing?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was the availability of seafood and the fact that they have a seafood market. I think I would spend a lot of money there...haha. The one thing I look forward to doing...hmm probably trying their typical seafood dishes. I wouldn't mind attending to one of the raves, just to try their night life.
Bom dia!
ReplyDeleteThe craft fair is actually my favorite aspect and what I would be most looking forward to do because back home in my hometown suburb, every September there would be a craft fair that I would go to with my mom. It would have clothes, bags, street art, glass art and so much more. My mom promised me one thing each year and it was my favorite part of going. I think art is one of the most beautiful things and I think craft fairs are different everywhere you experience them so that would be what I would look forward to most.
Boa tarde!
ReplyDeleteThay music festival honestly looks terrifying! I hate clowns. However, the rest of Ceará looks beautiful! I mentioned before that seafood is one of my favorite types of foods, and the food here looks super delicious. If I were to visit, I would probably try to learn some of the dancing. I have never been good at dancing, but I feel like Brazil would be a great place to start! They have so many different styles and the atmosphere is so fun and awesome. I would love that. Obrigada!
Katie
Fortaleza is very similar to Uruguay. Also, I think it is a little bit bigger because it has over 3 million people. Uruguay has 3 million people. Wow, I love the video that you posted about the Forró de Domingo. It was super fun and I felt the desire to dance during the video. It is amazing. I feel in love with Brazil. Ceará is a beautiful place. The food and the music are fantastic. Thank you for teaching me more about this place. It is amazing.
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ReplyDeleteFirst off, a comida parece deliciosa! From sautéed seafood (possibly some lobster or crab in there) to a crepe looking tapioca, I want to taste it all! There is an Instagramer / YouTuber who’s name is Migrationology (on IG) and he travels for food, he goes all over the world and documenta his food experiences, well he is in Brazil right now and I am heavily following his ‘feed’. He posted from Bahia just 14 hours ago and has been in Belem, Manaus, Bar do Careca, and many other places. Check out his page if you want to see some live food interactions @Migrationology
Obrigada!
Boa noite!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everybody here: food looks amazing. I read that the carne do sol follows a rigorous process to dry the meat for conservation. That process is basically leaving the meat under the sun for a period of time that varies depending on what different flavor you want to achieve.
About its history, I am surprised to know that this was the first state that banned slavery. I know that Africans were brought in millions to Brazil, but I would have thought the states in the south would have been the firsts in banning slavery.
Ola,
ReplyDeleteI would like to visit Fortaleza, everything related to culture and food calls my name. I think I would love Fortaleza because I could visit the city during the day, go to the museums, theaters, explore it cuisine and I would also enjoy the nightlife.
Beira-Mar Avenue reminds me or Pier 39 in San Francisco, CA.
Boa noite!
ReplyDeleteFortaleza sounds like a lovely and vibrant city that I would love to visit, although I must admit, extreme heat and humidity do not sound very appealing to me, espcially after having lived in Florida where I constantly felt as though I were sweating. That being said, the music scene sounds awesome. In fact, I would certainly be most interested in seeing and maybe learning a little bit of the forró.
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ReplyDeleteIf I were visiting Ceará, my favorite thing to do would be going to Beira-Mar Avenue to discover the culture and atmosphere of the region. It would also be fun to take a few dance classes!
Thank you for posting about the food! I love seafood, and I'm sure it would be delicious to taste the fresh lobster and crab from Ceará. If I visit in the future, I will definitely be sure to sample their seafood!
Ceará seems like a Florida of Brazil. Hot and humid, it use to be a argiculutral area but now is a tourism and industry spot, making it wealthy. I think this really shows the transition that Brazil has made as a country move away from its slave-agro roots, finding a nice balance of use of natural resources and modern industry and business.
ReplyDeleteWhat interested me the most about Ceará? I don't know if it was the pictures or if I was hungry when reading this but the food, especially the Tapioca and Carne de Sol looked really good to me.
Until now I have said that I would like to visit pretty much all of the states, but almost everything I hear lately is about how awesome Fortaleza is. I think that that beach city is what sticks out the most. Interesting that it was one of the poorest regions of the country until the advent of modern manufacturing.
ReplyDeleteIf I were to visit Ceará I would most look forward to visiting the beach and eating seafood. Being an in-lander, I'm not real well versed with it but love it every time.