Centro-oeste do Brasil: Goiás & Mato Grosso

Centro-oeste do Brasil: Goiás

Basic Information

• Goiás is the 7th largest state in the country of Brazil, having a total of 340,086 km²
• As of July of 2017, the state boasts a population of 6,778,772, making it the 17th most populated state in Brasil
• Goiás' capital is Goiânia, located almost dead center of Goiás

Geography

The Black River

• The entire state of Goiás is located on a plateau, barely 700 to 900 meters about sea-level, as such, many rivers flow through the state, draining the water, including:
• The Black River 
• The Paranaíba River
• The São Francisco River
• The Araguaia River 
• The Coumbá River

• Goiás also has many waterfalls, many of which are confined in Chapada dos Veadeiros National park, ranging from 80 to 120 feet, including 
• The Corredeiras
• Cannyon I
• Cannyon II
• The Carioquinhas 
• O Jadrim de Maitreya

• And as the images show, Goiás is also filled with lush and vibrant campo cerrado, as the locals dub it

Locations of Interest

• Like any place, Goiás also has many tourist attractions that extend beyond natural phenomena, inlcuding

• Hot Park, a water park in Rio Quente, Goiás well reknown in the region, as the best water park, in their own website, and on TripAdvisor
• Parque Vaca Brava, a beautiful park located in the capital of the state
• The Historic Center of Goiás, lined with beautiful and antique architecture 

Music

• The state of Goiás isn't a hub of music or the birthplace of a genre, but it definitely was the birthplace for a handful of musicians

 Amado Batista

• Amando Batista is a singer/guitarist with 43 albums under his name in his 50 year long career. 
• He is a alternative pop artist, with a musical library large enough to cover decades of listeners 

Secretária 

• Léo Jaime is a singer-songwriter, guitarist like Amando, and a founding member of a rockabilly band called Joao Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados
• He is a classified as an artist that makes rockabilly, new wave, and pop rock music

As Sete Vampiras

          

• Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano is a extremely famous Brazilian sertanejo/country duo
• Their make sertanejo/country music, as their title suggest, and they were signed with Columbia Records, and then Sony Musis

Criação Divina

Centro-oeste do Brasil: Mato Grosso 

Basic Information

• Mato Grosso is the 3rd largest state in the country of Brazil, having a total of 903,357 km²
• As of July of 2018, the state boasts a population of 3,441,998, making it the 17th largest state in Brasil
• Mato Grosso's capital is Cuiaba, located in the south of the state
• The name translates to Thick Forest, in Portuguese

Geography

Chapada dos Guimaraes

• Much like Goiás, Mato Grosso is also located in a beautiful natural phenomena, the Chapada dos Guimaraes in Mato Grosso's case
• Chapada dos Guimarares is described as a collection of sandstone mountains that have eroded in such a way to form amazing and breathtaking patterns 
• Mato Grosso also contains Pantanal, which is the worlds currently largest tropical wetland. It is so big that it also extends into Bolivia and Paraguey, but a large majority of it is in Mato Grosso

Locations of Interest

• Most of the locations of interest in Mato Grosso are also natural phenomena, including the two previously mentioned, but on top of that, they also boast

• Alta Floresta, which is famous for its fishing location and large variety of fauna, specifically birds 
• Aguas Quentes State Park, filled with limestone caves with unusual cave formations and pools of amazingly blue water. It also has many waterfalls, including Salgadeira and Andorinha

Music

• Much like Goiás, not much was born or created in Mato Grosso, but it does have two noticeable acts, Vanessa da Mata and Vanguart

• Vanessa da Mata is a Latin Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and also, novelist
• She makes samba, pop, R&B, and M.P.B (Música popular brasileira, which is described as a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music...combined with jazz and rock)
• She has made soundtracks to various Brazilian telenovelas, like Cama de Gato, Belissima, & A Lua me Disse

Nao me deixe so

• Vanguart is a indie rock band from the capital of Mato Grosso, comparable to Weezer, OK Go! and Two Door Cinema Club 

•  They make folk, indie folk, blues, folk rock, on top of indie rock and have been active since 2002

Meu Sol