Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina

Name: Chuá-Chuá e Casinha Pequenina
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 1945-01-01
Duration: 7 min

1945

7 min

Music Documentary

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Synopsis

The popular song Chuá Chuá, illustrated with scenes of rural life. Girl observes in window. A fountain drains water. A flower. The cattle grazing. River waters. Man seen from window of wattle and daub house. Girl hangs cage with bird. Man walks towards the gate. Ducks in river drink water. The popular song A Casinha Pequenina, illustrated with scenes from rural life. Hut surrounded by banana trees and a coconut tree. Children walk hand in hand, sit on the riverbank. Birds in cages. Again the little house and the vegetation that surrounds it, especially the coconut tree.

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