Michael Edward PalinCBEFRGS (pronounced /ˈpeɪlᵻn/; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries.
Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians' Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
Brazil with Michael Palin is a travel documentary series by Michael Palin consisting of four episodes. Palin had never been to Brazil which, in the 21st century, has become a global player with a booming economy bringing massive social changes to this once-sleeping giant which, as the fifth largest country, is as big as some continents.
Episode one: Out of Africa
Palin begins his journey in the north east, where modern Brazil was born. It was here the Portuguese explorers first landed and encountered the native Brazilians and where hundreds of thousands of African slaves, more than to the United States and Caribbean, were brought to work on sugar and tobacco plantations. The northeast was where this mix of races and cultures produced what we now think of as Brazil. Music, food, dance, and religion all bear the imprint of this mix.
Palin visits the city of São Luis during the celebration of its own very north eastern festival of Bumba Meu Boi ('Jump My Bull') before travelling down the coast to Recife and Salvador. On his way, he drops in on the vaqueiros, Brazilian cowboys, who work the massive cattle ranches of the Caatinga. His travels also take him to the stunning coastal lagoons of the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park.
Brazil (i/brəˈzɪl/; Portuguese:Brasil[bɾaˈziw] ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese:República Federativa do Brasil, listen ), is the largest sovereign state in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world's fifth-largest country, both by geographical area and by population. It is the largest Portuguese-speaking country in the world, and the only one in the Americas.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491km (4,655mi). It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and occupies 47.3 percent of the continent of South America. Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries, and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection.
"Aquarela do Brasil" (Portuguese:[akwaˈɾɛlɐ du bɾaˈziw], Watercolor of Brazil), known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs, written by Ary Barroso in 1939.
Background and composition
Ary Barroso wrote "Aquarela do Brasil" in early 1939, when he was prevented from leaving his home one rainy night due to a heavy storm. Its title, a reference to watercolor painting, is a clear reference to the rain. He also wrote "Três Lágrimas" (Three teardrops) on that same night, before the rain ended.
Describing the song in an interview to Marisa Lira, of the newspaper Diário de Notícias, Barroso said that he wanted to "free the samba away from the tragedies of life, of the sensual scenario already so explored". According to the composer, he "felt all the greatness, the value and the wealth of our land", reliving "the tradition of the national panels".
Initially, he wrote the first chords, which he defined as "vibrant", and a "plangent of emotions". The original beat "sang on [his] imagination, highlighting the sound of the rain, on syncope beats of fantastic tambourins". According to him, "the rest came naturally, music and lyrics at once". He declared to have felt like another person after writing the song.
Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil or several other variants, is a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for one day every seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached.
Etymology of the name
The etymology of the names Brasil and Hy-Brasil is unknown, but in Irish tradition it is thought to come from the Irish Uí Breasail (meaning "descendants (i.e., clan) of Breasal"), one of the ancient clans of northeastern Ireland. cf.Old Irish: Í: island; bres: beauty, worth, great, mighty.
Despite the similarity, the name of the country Brazil has no connection to the mythical islands. The South American country was at first named Ilha de Vera Cruz (Island of the True Cross) and later Terra de Santa Cruz (Land of the Holy Cross) by the Portuguese navigators who discovered the land. After some decades, it started to be called "Brazil" (Brasil, in Portuguese) due to the exploitation of native Brazilwood, at that time the only export of the land. In Portuguese, brazilwood is called pau-brasil, with the word brasil commonly given the etymology "red like an ember", formed from Latinbrasa ("ember") and the suffix -il (from -iculum or -ilium).
A Pomeranian Teleportation: 'The Most German City In Brazil' - Brazil with Michael Palin - BBC
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In certain pockets of Southern Brazil, cobbled streets and half-timbered houses appear among the Brazilian countryside. Michael meets the inhabitants of Pomerode, a small town which very much keeps alive the spirit of its 19th century German founders.
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published: 08 Nov 2012
Rio Beach Etiquette - Brazil with Michael Palin - BBC
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"The favela and the favoured" come together on the beach - but they do not necessarily mix. Here, celebrated artist Vik Muniz explains how different areas of the beach 'belong' to different groups, from Communists and artists to intellectuals and the beautiful people.
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published: 01 Nov 2012
Brazil With Michael Palin Trailer
published: 15 Jul 2014
Brazil Interrogation Scene
published: 05 Oct 2009
Brazil with Michael Palin: The Deep South
Airs Tuesday, June 10th at 10pm on PBS 6.
published: 04 Jun 2014
Brazil with Michael Palin: Into Amazonia
Airs Monday, June 9th at 10pm on PBS 6.
published: 04 Jun 2014
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park – Brazil with Michael Palin
Michael Palin visits Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in Maranhão, Brazil.
From the DVD: Brazil with Michael Palin
published: 06 May 2021
Vidigal Favela – Brazil with Michael Palin
Two sides of Rio de Janeiro: “Saint-Tropez surrounded by Mogadishu.”
From the DVD: Brazil with Michael Palin
published: 13 Jul 2022
Brazil Scene in the office of Jack Lint
Jack Lint (Michael Palin) using the Stim-U-Lax device for head massage in the movie brazil.
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Michael Edward PalinCBEFRGS (pronounced /ˈpeɪlᵻn/; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries.
Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians' Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.