Festa Junina

When colonizing Brazil, Jesuit priests found out Natives had harvest celebrations that occurred in June and tried to convert them to Catholicism by making kermesses dedicated to Saint Anthony, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Peter, while keeping the dishes made of what they harvested--peanuts, pumpkings, beans and cassava. The traditional dance quadrilha has origins in traditional portuguese dances and their participants wear a cheaper, patched up/mock-up version of traditional peasant Portuguese clothing, which includes a groom and bride.

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