The house at Sambaqui where lacermakers and craftwork are present inside. |
At the window of the house. |
The active lacemakers. |
Location of Sambaqui, at the north of Santa Catarina island. |
Ponta do Sambaqui is located at the north final part of Sambaqui. |
Arrining at Ponta do Sambaqui. |
The beach of Ponta do Sambaqui. |
People at the beach. |
Typical house. |
Typical house at this place. |
Getting at lacemakers' house. |
Valdete, one of lacemakers. |
Benta (or Meta, I don't know exactly her name). |
Maria Anita. |
Fernanda. |
Fernanda works with pottery. |
One of the lacemakers. |
The beautiful craft. |
Valdete and Benta. |
Their work, to be sold. |
The laces. |
Benta. |
Laces can be made as beautiful clothes. |
Laces can be made as beautiful clothes. |
Valdete (at left) and Benta. |
I bought this lace, made by Valdete. She told me it took 3 or 4 afternoons to be finished. |
Sambaqui; the popular "boi de mamão", part of the island folklore. |
The "bernunça", another mystic character of the folklore. |
The laces. |
The "boi de mamão". |
Some craftwork produced by several artists at Sambaqui and surroundings. |
Sambaqui. |
A typical painting. |
Small lace cushions to be sold as souvenir. |
The beautiful laces. |
Inside the house. |
Walking around the house but still at Ponta do Sambaqui. |
The typical boats. |
Creating oyster is an important activity in Sambaqui and many other places of the island. |
Selecting the oysters. |
Children at Ponta do Sambaqui. |
A nice restaurant nearby. |
This type of cage is called "lanterna"; for oyster farming. |
Lanternas must be cleaned periodically. |
The lanternas. |
Where boata are kept (among other tasks). |
The lanternas and Florianópolis downtown at the background. |
People waiting for the buses to get back home. |
Ponta do Sambaqui has a small part with trees and beaches. |
Ponta do Sambaqui has a small part with trees and beaches. |
Brazilian people are quite religious and we found it at Ponta do Sambaqui. |
The beautiful tree. |
Another vegetation nice spot. |
A table available to the people. |
Time to relax after that warm afternoon. |
Summertime deserves a cold beer. |
This guy was working as waiter; he is from Netherlands and he is traveling in South America. |
People taking the bus. |
A typical Azorean house at Sambaqui. |
Seen from the restaurant where we stopped by. |
Time to say goodbye and thanks to Benta, |
Valdete and |
Maria Anita. |
Making of: Leão working hard. |
At Sambaqui restaurant called "Delícias do Mar"; Florianópolis at the background. |