Bumba Meu Boi festival in Sao Luis, Maranhao, northeastern Brazil
Sao Luis, the only town in Brazil actually founded by the French, is a site of the famous Bumba Meu-Boi festival. While most dances in one form or another incorporate the key theme of the festival, that of a farm worker who after having killed another’s oxen, must bring it back to life or face [...]

