Bumba meu boi

The Bumba-meu-boi is a folk festival in Brazil, it occurs in the streets in November to January, in the northeast. Began in the eighteenth century in the state of Piaui, in a mixture of elements of black culture, Indian and Portuguese. This party is summed up in a dance that is accompanied by regional music, and a man dressed as a cow makes a lot of choreographies, and around of the ox appear typical characters of that era, as the vicar, tax collector, runaway slave, cowboy, captain of the bush and the bully. During the party, the ox is killed, and then is resurrected by a tug on his tail. In dance the ox lowers and raises his head, dancing so disoriented. Women don't participate of that party, only watch and help in the organization.