Festa Junina or Festa de São João
Translating literally, June Festivities or Saint John's Festivals is a celebration on the months of June and July in Brazil. It originated from European midsummer celebrations and includes some similar traditions like a large bonfire (that seems to make a lot more sense in the southern hemisphere because it happens during winter months) and also a dance derived from palatial European court balls, modified and redefined with new meaning, related to popular and rural themes and paired with brazillian "forró" or country music.
Dressing up and dances
Traditionally everyone wears plaid shirts/dresses, straw hats, painted on gap tooths, very blatant blush on cheeks and lots of painted freckles, girls wear their hairs in pigtails and boys paint on moustaches and beards. This is the stereotypical exaggerated rural look, and is more common for kids to dress this way, while in parties with mostly adults it's more common to just wear plaid shirts, a straw hat and do some make-up.
The dances are choreographed but very standard between places, with someone announcing vocal cues for specific dance steps, switching partners, doing coordinated group moves and sometimes ending in a mock wedding.
Traditional food
Now, the best part of it all, my favorite thing from this time of the year, THE FOOD!
The traditional foods are super delicious and mostly made out of corn, like corn cakes, cural, pamonha, but there's also peanuts, specially sweetened peanuts, popcorn, sweet or salted, caramelized apples, quentão, which is a warm spiced drink, that may or may not be alcoholic and is one of my favorite things.
I'll try to update the thread with some recipes later or maybe just talk more about food, but I can't promise I actually will.
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transphobia
Here's a gallop poll I just saw:https://news.gallup.com/poll/710981/moral-acceptability-falls-several-behaviors.aspx
"changing one's gender" is viewed as morally wrong by 57% of Americans. People are more accepting of physician assisted suicide, animal testing, FUCKING ABORTION. but think it's "morally wrong" to be trans. THE MAJORITY
Also suicide and polygamy at 70 and 77% (respectively) thinking it's morally wrong. People are fucking ridiculous. I wish Satan would kill all these fuckers.
Oh and I know this is only an American poll, whatever. Find me some studies that show people in other parts of the world are accepting and pro our healthcare and shit. I tried researching CHINA'S views and all I could find is 51% of China thinks gay people should be able to marry. So somehow I don't think the rest of the world is some bastion of excellence on lgbt people.
The cuban family code was supported by 66.85% of voters, while not perfect its at least more than half supporting us. While it looks pretty bad in lots of places I still think there is hope for improvements.
So, reading that section back it was a bit more abrasive then I meant it, sorry everyone. I was (still am) very frustrated and angry with most people but not you gays.
Support gay marriage, not youth transition. But yes Cuba has definitely improved a lot on lgbt issues a lot, especially gay issues.
My big issue is really with people in my backyard, I don't think globally things are good for trans rights though. I don't think most of the globe supports our rights. Although yea there are parts that aren't as bad. I went a bit too far.
Wasting my day off being bitter and angry because I'm a bitter and angry person
suicide
and also makes me want to kms.What a frustrating waste. I hate other people. Such evil. The root of nearly all my problems. My problem is, and always has been, these FUCKS I have to share a planet with.
I can tell life has potential. Other people are just shit and ruin it.