Brazil Banknotes 50 Cruzeiros Reais on 50000 Cruzeiros banknote 1993 Luis da Camara Cascudo
Central Bank of Brazil - Banco Central do Brasil
Obverse: Portrait of Luís da Camara Cascudo (1898-1986), Brazilian anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer and lexicographer; two men on raft; stylized image of shining sun. Inscription: "God Be Praised" (Portuguese: DEUS SEJA LOUVADO).
Reverse: Scene of the "bumba-meu-boi" Parintins Folklore Festival, self representative of Brazilian folklore.
Watermark: Portrait of Luís da Camara Cascudo.
See-through register: Muiraquitã frog.
Colors: brown, gray, orange.
Size: 140 x 65 mm.
Printer: Casa da Moeda do Brasil (CMB).
Brazilian Currency Banknotes - Brazil Paper Money
August 1993 Monetary Reform: 1 Cruzeiro Real = 1000 Cruzeiros
1993 Overprint "Cruzeiro Real" Provisional Issue
50 Cruzeiros Reais on 50000 Cruzeiros
100 Cruzeiros Reais on 100000 Cruzeiros
500 Cruzeiros Reais on 500000 Cruzeiros
1993-1994 Regular "Cruzeiro Real" Issue
1000 Cruzeiros Reais 5000 Cruzeiros Reais 50000 Cruzeiros Reais
Luis da Camara Cascudo
Luis da Camara Cascudo (December 30, 1898 – July 30, 1986) was a Brazilian anthropologist, folklorist, journalist, historian, lawyer, and lexicographer.
He was born in Natal, Northeast Brazil. He lived his entire life in Natal and dedicated himself to the study of Brazilian culture and he was a professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The institute of anthropology there now bears his name.
As a researcher into the manifestations of the Brazilian cultures, he left behind an extensive body of work, including the Dictionary of Brazilian Folklore (1952). Among his best-known works are Alma patrícia (1921 his first work), Traditional Tales of Brazil (1946). His studies of the period of the Dutch invasions of Brazil led to the publication of his Geography of Dutch Brazil. His memoirs, Time and I (1971) were edited posthumously.
He was once nearly fired for studying folkloric figures such as the werewolf.
Câmara Cascudo wrote 31 books on Brazilian folklore, over 8000 pages. He has done the most extensive work on Brazilian folklore so far, with notable quality, and he has received recognition for it.
Bumba Meu Boi
Bumba-meu-boi (Hit-my-bull) is a Brazilian folk theatrical tradition. The tale is told through the music, the costumes and drumming involving a bull, which dies and is brought back to life. Versions of the tale vary regionally, but the most important central characters include the Bull (a player in an elaborate costume), Catirina (an ugly pregnant girl, usually played by a man in drag), a cowboy who is in charge of the Bull and who causes the Bull to die, the priest, the rich and powerful owner of the Bull, and the music (which magically drums the Bull back to life).
Festivals where groups all tell their versions of the Bumba-meu-boi tale can be found throughout Brazil. Also called Boi-bumbá ([ˈboj bũˈba]), it is a popular traditional festival which takes place annually in the regions North and Northeast of Brazil, although celebrations can be found throughout the country.
Boi is a style of Central Amazonian folk music now moving into the mainstream in Brazil. It is a combination of traditional Amazonian rhythms with African and European influence. The genre was made known throughout Brazil after Amazonian group Carrapicho's hit Tic Tic Tac.
Parintins Folklore Festival
Parintins Folklore Festival (Festival Folclórico de Parintins) is a popular annual celebration held in the Brazilian city of Parintins, Amazonas. It is the second-largest annual festival in Brazil; only the Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro draw more participants.
Often called Festival do Boi-Bumbá, Bumba Meu Boi, or simply Festival, the event takes place during three days in late June. The festival celebrates a local legend about a resurrected ox. It is also a competition where two teams, Garantido and Caprichoso, compete in extended retellings of the story, each team attempting to outdo the other with flamboyant dances, singing, and parade floats. Each team has to complete its show within two and a half hours. A team that does not follow this time limit is subjected to points penalties. Each nightly performance is largely based on local Amazonian folklore and indigenous culture, but also incorporates contemporary Brazilian rhythms and themes. The place where the teams present themselves is called "Bumbódromo", a round, grounded stage. The "Bumbódromo" supports 35.000 people in the audience.
Despite the importance of the celebration to the Amazonas region of Brazil, this festival was not widely known in other parts of the country until the musical group Carrapicho released the hit Bate forte o tambor in 1996.
It is common for local people to tell the visitors that Parintins is the only place in the World where Coca-Cola ads are blue. While it is true that within the Bumbódromo there are Coca-Cola ads in both red and blue, there are other instances of Coca-Cola ads reflecting the colors of sporting teams, including at the stadiums of Football League teams in England. During the 2011 Festival do Boi-Bumbá, Coca-Cola was available throughout Amazonas region in special edition cans that were half red, half blue.