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Article: Market Report: Brazil.(Brazilian Handicrafts Fair)
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- Gifts & Decorative Accessories
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- January 1, 2007
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By Matthew Kalash
No doubt for many, if not most, in our industry, Thanksgiving meant turkey, cranberries and the first cold breath of winter. For us, however, it meant churrascaria, feijoada and the coy wink of a summer to come. That's because last week Gifts & Decorative Accessories was on location in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in the south of Brazil, for the Decima Setima edition of the Brazilian Handicrafts Fair sponsored by Maos de Minas and Instituto CentroCAPE of Brazil. It's a tough job, but someone had to do it.
The November 21-26 event marked the 17th year (decima setima) that Belo Horizonte (pronounced "Bellorizonch") has hosted the ...