June festival

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What is this?

What is this?

What is this?

These are hats.

This is a straw hat

The church fair, usually with a charity bazaar, is called a [blank_start]quermesse[blank_end]. The festivities also celebrate rural life and feature typical dress, [blank_start]food[blank_end] and dance. They usually take place in a large open space outdoors called an [blank_start]arraial[blank_end] and people dress up as farmers, or country folk (caipira) with [blank_start]straw[blank_end] hats and [blank_start]checked[blank_end] shirts or dresses.

a) People usually wear a [blank_start]checkered[blank_end] shirt at a June Festival. b) People release [blank_start]sky[blank_end] lanterns in the air on São João. c) Some folks have the costume of jumping over the [blank_start]bonfire[blank_end] as a sign of good luck. d) On June Festival, all the city, public buildings and stores are decorated with [blank_start]flags[blank_end]. e) [blank_start]Firework[blank_end] is more common on New Year Ever rather than on June Festivals.

A typical drink is the [blank_start]quentão[blank_end]. As the name suggests, this is a hot alcoholic drink with ginger and usually cachaça – a kind of rum made from sugar cane and commonly known as pinga. [blank_start]Bonfires[blank_end] and [blank_start]firework[blank_end] displays are also important features of these colourful two-week [blank_start]celebrations[blank_end].