How I Found a Home Within the Brazilian Community in Portugal

Two steps here, two steps there, that’s the magic of Forró

João Pedro Fernandes
Iberospherical
Published in
5 min readApr 18, 2024

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A man lifts a woman off the ground during a dance of Forró
Couple putting on a show of forró. Image courtesy of Fafá, via Wikimedia Commons.

For the last six months I’ve been leading a double life.

In September of last year, I went to dance with a friend of mine called Anna. Anna had spent half the year traveling in Brazil, and ever since she’d come home, she’d been begging…

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João Pedro Fernandes
Iberospherical

TV producer, pizza expert and part-time funny person writes about history, politics, books, cinema and the power of the imagination. 🇵🇹 jpaf2598@gmail.com