Festa Julinha

Our ward, along with the nieghbor ward had the annual July Festival and holy smokes, this is something that the United States could have. If we can celebrate Cinco de Mayo, why not Festive Julinha? July Festival is a party that is very popular in Brazil celebrating the country folk. Traditional costumes are worn by the children, but as you can see, we had a little share of it too. The decorations are the awesome flags and lots of music! Oh the music! I loved it. Joseph and I learned the very basics of Forho. We definately were Americans. We can't swing our hips for the life of us.
The traditional food for a July Festival is right here: hotdogs in a tomatoe sauce (most important part), corn on the cob, and cake. This pot of hotdogs looks small in the picture, but I am not kidding when I say it is at least two feet across! I have never seen anything like it!

I volunteered to bring two cakes - one orange and one chocolate. But instead of bringing chocolate, I brought Revel Fudge Bars instead. This was completely different than anything they would have eaten. And the Brazilians loved them! As for the orange cake, nobody told me that Brazilians eat cake without frosting. So my cake was the only one with frosting. Oh, the differences in culture! I don't think they knew quite what to do with it either. Well, at least Joseph ate it. He was probably the only one who ate it - "the others were too dry for him". Oh, bless his heart!