reallyreallylazy: Honestly, guys I am so proud, so freaking proud of Rio de Janeiro now We...

reallyreallylazy:

Honestly, guys
I am so proud, so freaking proud of Rio de Janeiro now
We delivered one of the most beautiful and meaningful ceremonies I have ever seen on my whole life

We talked about intolerance
We talked about sexism
We talked about respect
We talked about differences
We talked about peace
We talked about education
We talked about the children and the youth
We talked about the past, so forgotten sometimes
We talked about the now
And we talked about the future and how we are the ones responsible for it

I never thought an olympic ceremony could be so touching as this one was
I am proud
I am so freaking proud

Thank you, Rio, for even when hope is at loss, even when everything seems it is about to go down, to show us that beautiful things, important things, can happen

I am proud

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Things that matter

the-artsy-oracle:

It’s past 2:45 am and I can’t sleep.
Our history was on TV.

- The Amerindians, the European invaders, the slayed Africans.
-The world listened to poems and songs in Portuguese because no, we don’t speak Spanish.
- The ever-so-festive country brought everyone’s attention to real problems
- There was samba, bossa, mpb
- We are made of forests. And beaches
And we have good architecture, and favelas too.
- People chanting “EU sou BRASILEIRO; com muito orgulho, com muito amor…”
- We aren’t the most developed economically, but the little we have, we’re always willing to share.
- What was shown tonight is like 30% of our cultural diversity or less…

… Yet, thanks for watching. Thanks for turning your attention to this undeveloped Latin American country that does what it can to keep its people smiling and with the fire you saw because yes, that’s the energy we irradiate every single day.

Today, the city I was proudly born, was the center of the attention, with the difficult mission of taking an entire country a little further from the shadows.
My city representing my whole country.
It’s 3am.

I cannot sleep.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY

mubblerandom:

I am brazilian. And all my life all I saw about my country was a bad side. Poverty, hunger, illiteracy, culture loss in a desperate attempt to look like USA or European countries. And for me, the so heard “brazilian strength”, “brazilian happiness”, would never be enough to make up for all the lacks in this country. I believed it would be the best to simply leave Brazil and start a new life somewhere else.
Today, for the first time in my whole life, I feel proud. I saw my country’s history with no make up, no glamourization. I saw my country’s music, my country’s dances, my country’s culture, my country’s ideas, my country’s soul. I felt blessed for living in such a beautiful place. I cried because of how happy and proud I feel. I fell in love with my country. I finally felt like I belong somewhere. And there are just not enough words to describe what I feel.

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