A Touching Testimonial
This wonderful letter just arrived. It was sent as a comment to Pietro's article 'Return...
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Julio & Pietro Meet the Mayor
One week ago, on August 22, ICBIE President Pietro Gallina accompanied our talented artist Julio...
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Alagados – A Haunting Videoclip
Many articles in this blog, especially those dealing with Mestre Pedro, have mentioned the Alagados,...
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Plans and Projects
During this “holiday” week, Pietro and Marlene have been frantically busy. A good part of...
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ICBIE Art Hostel Video on YouTube
There is a fourth ICBIE video on YouTube, this time dedicated to our Art Hostel...
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Hapkido: An Instrument for Social Transformation
The ICBIE's development work with Hapkido - the Korean Martial Art of Personal Defense -...
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A New YouTube Video: Capoeira at ICBIE
As promised, the new video of last Friday's capoeira exhibition is up on YouTube.  Nearly...
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buon ferragosto!!
ciao a tutti! Come sapete, in Italia il 15 di agosto rappresenta un po' il...
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A Stunning Capoeira Show
I've seen a lot of amazing things at the ICBIE, but yesterday's performance by Mestre...
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Yet another YouTube video!
Yesterday Pietro had to spend many hours making artistic contacts in downtown Salvador, so I...
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