First light after a night of Bumba-meu-boi in Alcântara in Maranhão, the boi's body of black velvet embroidered with beads and sequins resting on the steps of a ruined colonial church, ribboned hats heaped beside it, the low sun from the east firing the sequins, the bay pale beyond, 85mm, a palette of velvet black, sequin silver and dawn gold Ver más