Real Forró in Brazil: Live Accordion and a Packed Dance Floor at São João

A night at a São João party in northeastern Brazil. Forró pé de serra played live — accordion, triangle and zabumba — under a roof covered in colorful festival flags. People in plaid shirts and cowboy hats dancing in pairs, tables full of food and drinks, and a dance floor packed until late. São João is Brazil's biggest winter festival, celebrated across the Northeast every June with music, food and street parties that last all night.