Ballet of Color on the Beach

Canga Seller on the Beach

The beach is a festival of color. Besides nature´s show, colorful umbrellas and swimsuits, venders selling their wares are eye-catchers. One that I love to watch pass by is the canga seller.  A canga is a rectangluar light-weight cloth that can be wrapped around the body in 50 different ways as a cover-up over bathing suits. This is all you need to be dressed suitably for most beachside restaurantes. When not being worn it can be stretched out over the sand in lieu of a towel. The more colorful the better! Sellers often carry them tied onto a pole, over the shoulder ( like you see here). The ocean breeze flaps them in the wind creating a ballet of hues.


Just behind the boy who has stopped to chat with is friend, is a cart selling fresh coconuts  and beverages. Its owner dressed in orange, arrives shaking up an ice-cold drink in a red container. The beach is crowded, but no one cares. The more the merrier.


This particular beach along the São Paulo coastline, is known for its musical sand.  You skid your feet along it and it squeaks!

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