Curitiba's Flower Street Characters 2

The cultural menu at the Flower Street is quite varied. In any corner where a ring of people is made, in the center you will find an artist who came to Curitiba to disclose his art.

In the first picture, we will find a guy whose music in Brazil is called "Repente". He takes a theme (or people around may suggest one) and he does the lyrics and the music instantly (usually is funny).

The second guy is Plá, a mad-style singer very well known in the streets of Curitiba.

Curitiba's Flower Street Characters 1

The Flower Street (Rua das Flores) is a special place to walk in Curitiba. In addition to its historical value, comfort for pedestrians due to the car traffic prohibition and the variety of trade, the people and situations that suddenly arise are very interesting.

I will start a new series with the characters that can be found on its sidewalk. The photos were taken with my camera, but the photographer of this series is my son, Diogo. In one single day he captured all these candid photos. Imagine what can be seen by those who passes by every day. It is a stage in open air.

In the first picture we will find one of the many musicians who use the Flower Street as their stage. He is from Peru or Colombia and he is playing their typical music.

As far as I remember, blind accordion players are a constant at Flower Street and the guy in the second picture is one of them. You would be impressed by their technical quality. I remember one of them that used to play tango very well. It was a pleasure stop by and enjoy the performance.