Beagá is the nickname for the south east Brazilian city we’re after in today’s Geo Quiz. It’s full name in Portuguese means “Beautiful Horizon.” The city’s got a great view of the Espinhaço Mountains.
The Brazilian embassy says this high altitude city is cool and refreshing. It’s a major cultural center too with libraries, universities, soccer stadiums and as one recent visitor reports, some very cool subway art parties:
“You pay you fare, you get on the subway, and you stop at every station, and at every station is a unique art experience, so I thought that was a really great idea, and we walked up these stairs to the subway platform, it’s like someone completely cranked the music up to eleven, it was just this loud cacophonous sound.”
Sample more sounds from this Brazilian city….when we come back with answer.
Geo Answer:
Ok — we’ve got a some interesting sounds to play for you now. They all come from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Its capital city is named Belo Horizonte.
Belo Horizonte
California based artist Damian Francis Wagner recently travelled there. He went to visit the nearby Inhotin Contemporary Art Museum and he sent us an audio postcard:
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Here’s a peak at what’s in store for visitors to the Inhotim Contemporary Art Museum outside of Belo Horizonte, Brazil as recorded by Damian Francis Wagner.
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