"Esse Brasil lindo e trigueiro / É o meu Brasil Brasileiro / Terra de samba e pandeiro / Brasil!" - Ary Barroso #QotD

This Brazil, beautiful and wheaten
Is my Brazilian Brazil
Land of samba and tambourine
Brazil!
- Watercolor of Brazil by Ary Barrosa

Sadly, due to an annoying visa debacle, I am not in the "land of samba and tambourine'!

So, let's spend some timing humming "Aquarela do Brasil", 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.

Here's a look back at my trip there in 2010. And below, a little Brazilian music: