Caruaru

Alto do Moura

recognized by UNESCO as the largest center for figurative arts in the Americas. Home to famous ceramist Mestre Vitalino and other artists

Casa-Museu Mestre Vitalino

Mestre Vitalino's House, open Monday through Saturday, 8am-noon and 2pm-5pm; Sunday, 8am-noon. At Rua Mestre Vitalino, Alto do Moura

Memorial Mestre Galdino

open Tuesday through Saturday, 8am-noon adn 2pm-5pm; Sunday, 8am-1pm; at Rua São Sebastião, 181, Alto do Moura

Museu do Barro e da Cerâmica Clay and Ceramics Museum, open Tuesday-Saturday, 8am-5pm; Sunday, 8am-1pm; at Espaço Cultural Tancredo Neves, bloco B. Praça Cel. José de Vasconcellos, 100, Centro; tel.: 81 3701.1533

Memorial de Caruaru

a multifaceted cultural center with three key components: the City Museum Museu Celso Galvão or Museu da Cidade, Memorial da Feira de Caruaru and an exhibit on popular folk art. Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 8am-5pm, at Rua Duque de Caxias, 1000, Centro; tel.: 81 3721.1039

Museu do Forró Luiz Gonzaga

Forró Museum

Museu do Cordel

Cordel Museum. Museum dedicated to "Cordel" literature, a traditional pamphlet literature that was typical in Europe in the middle ages. Northeastern Brazil is one of the few place in the world where this type of literature is still alive.

Feira de Caruaru

Caruaru Street Market, Brazil's largest street market handicrafts, lace and embroidery, leather products, traditional medicinal products, typical food, and almost anything you might want

Feira do Troca-Troca

Exchange-Exchange Street Market, a street market in which you can exchange the most strange goods, such as chickens for a watch, a parakeet for a bicycle, and the like. Takes place on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Museu da Fábrica de Caroá

Caroá Factory Museum, installed in what used to be Fábrica Caroá 1935-1978, Brazil's first factory to produce fiber products from the caroá plant.

Pátio do Forró

where all the action is. Main attraction during São João Saint John's and Sao Pedro Saint Peter's festivals. Lots of forró dancing going on with live music on three stages.

-- Caruaru Virtual Tour by Folha de Sao Paulo (http://www1.folha.uol.com...).