By: Marc Vincent Klitgaard 19 high school students chose to go to Aarhus University during a high school internship which took place all over Denmark, to hear about Brazilian Studies. It was 2 days of learning and hopefully remembering – if you click the link below you can see the program. Please notice that the table is in Danish. Skema for studiepraktik Brasilianske Studier 2013 At Thursday the students got their pronouncing tested because they should do a pronounciation of a well-knowned poem of famous Brazilian poet and writer Carlos Drummond.de Andrade (1902-1987). When Andrade wrote this poem he was living in Rio de Janeiro by Ipanema, and every morning he went for a walk to sit on a bench near the beaches, looking up on the mountains and remembering his home state (he moved to Rio de Janeiro to work, but was born in Minas Gerais). Author: Carlos Drummond de Andrade Title: No Meio do Caminho Year: 1967 Portuguese: No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra Tin

Brazilian Studies has entered the month of November and you can already sense the winter will be arriving soon. The Brazilian Studies has just had its annual “Brazilian Days” with many workshops ranging from the Brazilian dance “Forró”, guitar-play and exciting lectures. A new semester with new students has begun at the University, but with the help from the Brazilian Studies new mentoring program the new students will be in safe hands. The Brazilian Studies is also going toward the end of this semester, before the exams will begin in December and January but until then the Brazilian Studies has a great Christmas party to celebrate in the beginning of December. Written by Daniel Schmidt