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Festa do Divino - Festival of the Holy Ghost in Brazil
The Festival of the Holy Ghost in Brazil is an expression of faith with deep folkloric roots.

Festa Nacional do Índio in Bertioga
Festa Nacional do Índio - National Indian Festival - is a yearly Brazilian Indian festival in Bertioga, Brazil, and the largest indigenous cultural event in the world.

Festa Nacional do Índio Photo Gallery
Photos from the Brazilian National Indian Festival in Bertioga, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photographer: Renata de Brito, from Prefeitura Municipal de Bertioga.

Holy Week - Semana Santa in Brazil
Holy Week in Brazil is known for traditional Catholic celebrations, but it is also a high-season holiday for travelers.

Passos - Stations of the Cross in the Brazilian Holy Week
Passos, or Steps, are tiny chapels - self-standing or embedded in colonial constructions, that open once a year during Holy Week - Semana Santa - rituals in Brazil.

Procissão do Fogaréu in Goiás Velho
Procissão do Fogaréu, or Procession of the Torches, in Goiás Velho, is a Semana Santa - Holy Week - tradition in Brazil during which hooded men carrying torches act out the arrest of Jesus Christ in the Olive Garden.

Paixão de Cristo in Nova Jerusalém
Paixão de Cristo, the Passion Play in Nova Jerusalém, Pernambuco, Brazil, takes place every year during Easter Week.

Brazilian Holiday Calendar
A year of Brazilian holidays on a calendar from Bonnie Hamre, About.com Guide to South America Travel.

Carnival in Brazil
Bonnie Hamre, About.com Guide to South America Travel, offers some great information about Brazilian Carnival.

Carnival in Salvador, Bahia
Carnival in Salvador, Bahia, is one of the greatest street celebrations in Brazil and in the world.

Semana Santa in Ouro Preto
Holy Week - Semana Santa - is observed with great devotion by catholics all over Brazil. But Ouro Preto, in Minas Gerais, is one of the cities where the holiday takes on a special aura.