Festa da Uva

The Festa da Uva Queen and Princesses

The Festa da Uva or GrapeFest is a biennial celebration of the Italian heritage and culture in the city of Caxias do Sul in southern Brazil. The Festa da Uva is held every even-numbered year in February (i.e. the most recent Festa da Uva was held in February 2006). During the Festa da Uva the Caxias do Sul pavilions host visitors from all over the world. Visitors taste cheese, grapes and various Brazilian wines. The large crowds draw many vendors that rent out booths to show the latest products that the southern gaúcho state has to offer. Look up Biennial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Biennial is a term referring to a period of two years, much in the same way centennial refers to 100 years. ... The word tradition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means to hand down or to hand over. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Culture The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Main Street in Caxias do Sul called Avenida Júlio de Castilhos Multicolored houses adjacent to downtown Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul (population: 368,000) is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil, situated in the states moutainous Serra Gaúcha region. ... Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Main Street in Caxias do Sul called Avenida Júlio de Castilhos Multicolored houses adjacent to downtown Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul (population: 368,000) is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil, situated in the states moutainous Serra Gaúcha region. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of cows, goats, sheep, or other mammals. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... This article is about the beverage. ... Gauchos fight dramatization A gaucho is a South American cattle herder, the equivalent to the North American cowboy in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and (with the spelling gaúcho) southern Brazil, and formerly the Falkland Islands. ...

The Festa also hosts parades that go through the city nightly. The Festa da Uva is also presided over by one Rainha (Queen) and two Princesas (Princesses) that must compete in a beauty pageant to be voted as such. A queen was first selected for the Festa da Uva in 1933. A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, based largely, though not always entirely, on the beauty of their physical appearance. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

History

The Festa da Uva first started in 1931 as a harvest festival. The harvest in Brazil falls in Februrary/March since the country is in the Southern Hemisphere. The Mayor of Caxias do Sul in 1931, Colonel Miguel Muratore gave organizers the necessary support to get the Festa off and running. The Festa went on hiatus from 1938-1949 because of the economic instability of the city and surrounding Italian Colonial region, due in part to the effects of World War II. 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for a successful harvest are both worldwide and very ancient. ... Hay bales after harvest in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In agriculture, harvesting is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. ... Southern Hemisphere The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth it contains four continents (part of Africa, Oceania, most of South America, and Antarctica) and four oceans (South Atlantic... Main Street in Caxias do Sul called Avenida Júlio de Castilhos Multicolored houses adjacent to downtown Caxias do Sul Caxias do Sul (population: 368,000) is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil, situated in the states moutainous Serra Gaúcha region. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII or World War Two), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the...

External Links

• Photo Gallery of the Festa da Uva
• Official Festa da Uva website (in Portuguese)