The beautiful costumes, full of feathers and glitter, are a tribute to the double roots of the people known as caboclo: half Europeans, descendants of our colonizers, half indigenous, descendants of the locals at the time of discovery.

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From the Europeans they inherited a taste for the brilliance and exuberance of our gold. From the Indians they inherited the use of materials from our exuberant nature and, thus, what we see are gourds, eye-catching bird feathers and many golden details in the costumes used in this Festival.

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The dance, with quick, vigorous steps and the incessant movement of bows, arrows and spears echo their conflicted origins.

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In Recife's Carnival, the caboclinhos Festival honors this warrior people who today fight to preserve their identity and to maintain and value the cultural traits of both peoples they represent. A party that remembers the best of each of their (and our) ancestors.