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The Carnival is the biggest event in Brazil. The Portuguese brought this Pagan tradition to Brazil in the 17th century, and at first it was …
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Read part 2 >> In 1990 I made my first trip to Community Yuba pregnant with hope. The offshoot of Yuba’s legacy had propagated and …
Read part 1 >> At Yama, where farming, daily reverence, and art converge, the idea of work can mean most anything. The people grow fruits and …
Read the introduction to the Yama Project > YAMA: Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of gratitude 誰の墓と 聞いて子供等 手を合わす whose grave is it? …
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Introduction to the Yama ProjectThis project is a documentary of a Japanese farming and arts community in Brazil known as Comunidade Yuba. The farm is …
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In the mid-1990s, I stayed in an apartment on the grounds of a church in Liberdade (the J-Town section of São Paulo). On this particular …
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My visit to the town of Tupã brought me face-to-face with . . . wait, I’ll tell you in a second. While visiting friends there, …
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Kawashima sensei and I were at a conference outside of São Paulo at a retreat site called Tabor. We were having coffee with a number …
My first night in São Paulo, Brazil was like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride at Disneyland. Based on my first experience of riding in a car …
When you’re driving and you’ve lost your way, what do you do? A. Keep driving until you see something familiar. B. Consult the Thomas Guide. C. Pull into …
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