Word: festas
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...That’s because I was in São Paulo, Brazil, attending a Festa Junina, one of a series of fairs held throughout June to celebrate the birthdays of three saints that fall within the month. This one, however, bore more resemblance to the West Virginia State Fair that I attended last summer to anything I had expected to see in Brazil. From the western-style lettering to the singer with the perfect Garth Brooks accent, I could have been in Texas. But the booths served suco de cana and churrasco, and the t-shirts under the cowboy...
...Many cultural idiosyncrasies are amusing. There is a veritable passion for public display of affection: if there’s a couple—in a theater, on the subway, at a Festa Junina—they are probably making out. There is a curious love for English words and phrases: malls are called “shoppings” and American music dominates pop radio. Asking for directions can result in a 30-minute conversation. Working for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, I have learned that everyone wants to talk to a reporter. The subject...
...Wollner led a one-two finish with Chang in the 200-yard butterfly. Freshman Alexandra Clarke won the 100-yard butterfly. The first relay of the night, the 200-yard medley relay, also produced double winners. The Harvard “B” team, composed of freshmen Natalia Festa and Tiffany Bui as well as junior Jaclyn Pangilinan and O’Connor, took first in the event. Harvard’s “A” team finished in second. Pangilinan won her second event, leading a one-two finish with Colling in the 100-yard backstroke...
...such double winners. The Harvard ‘A’ squad, composed of juniors Lindsay Hart, Jaclyn Pangilinan, Bridget O’Connor, and Amanda Slaight, took first in the event. The ‘B’ team was not far behind in second, with freshmen Natalia Festa, Sophie Morgan, Vanda Gyuris, and junior Meaghan Colling. From Team ‘A’, both O’Connor and Slaight went on to win a second event. Slaight was able to touch the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle; sophomore Christi Morriessey came in third...
...dinner, held in the Cabot Dining Hall on May 4, awarded the TF award to Sebastian Velez of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, the junior faculty award to Lynn Mary Festa, who is the Cowles associate professor of English and American literature and language, and Glenn Adelson, who is a teaching assistant in molecular and cellular biology. The senior faculty award went to Watts Professor of Music Kay K. Shelemay...