Casa Grande
Run by children.
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Nova Olinda is a small town of about 16,000 people in the Cariri region of southern Ceará, near Crato and Santana do Cariri, and one of the 65 towns chosen by Brazil's Ministry of Tourism as «tourism-inducing» destinations, one of only four in Ceará. Its first name was Tapera, and it belonged to Santana do Cariri, becoming a district in 1933 and a municipality in 1957. It is known for the Fundação Casa Grande, a cultural project run by the town's children and young people, with a folk-heritage museum, radio station, library and exhibition rooms, open to visitors. The town also offers archaeology, folklore and handicrafts, especially the traditional leatherwork of the cattle herders, and the scenery of the surrounding Araripe plateau.
Run by children.
Herders' craft.
Nature.
Nova Olinda, Cariri region, southern Ceará state
A cultural project run by local children and youth, with a museum, radio and library.