About three hours north of Sao Paolo just outside the tiny, remote
village of Lagoinha, Brazil you can find a giant waterfall called Cachoeira Grande.
Because of its sheer size and beauty it has become somewhat of a tourist attraction for people in the area to visit to cool off on a hot Brazilian day. However, this weekend was different
as it was transformed into the magical Mundo De Oz Festival, the 3rd highest rated “rave” in the country. The festival, which has the tagline: psychedlic resistance, naturally attracted hundreds of laid-back, heady, and gentle Brazilians who came together to enjoy the mystifying atmosphere and non-stop music; most of them under the influence of psychedelic drugs.
The music catered perfectly to this crowd as one stage blasted an array of psyechedelic electronic music, mostly consisting of prog, hi-tech, dark progressive, full-on and psytrance; while the other stage played more laid back music such as reggae and deep house. Both stages had music playing non-stop, 24 hours a day, for the entire festival.
People gathered in front of the main stage
Another view of the stage with waterfall in the background
Camping out for four days and nights without a cell-phone or a watch, “normal” time ceased to exist for me after the first night. I never knew what time it was when I woke up, or what time it was when I went to sleep. Some days would begin in the middle of the night, while others would end in the middle of the day.
Community of other campers
This unorthodox routine, along with the absolute detachment from the outside world, complete absence of technology or the indoors (aside from the speakers), breath-takingly natural beauty, free-spirited crowd, and ample amount of personal time for self-reflection created a life-changing experience that left me with a broader and more positive perspective on the universe and my place in it.
The smaller more relaxed stage to the left
I passed the time dancing to the intense, trippy music blaring from the 30 foot tall speakers on the main stage, swimming by the waterfall, lounging in the hammocks, enjoying the relaxed live
music being played from the smaller stage, and having conversations
with the friends that brought me there.
The four of us en route to the festival
All in all it was a refreshing, spiritual journey that has opened my
mind to alternative ways of life as well as a plethora of new music.
I have begun my week with an unusually positive attitude and outlook
on life and cannot express in words how appreciative I am to have
had such a profound experience.
Here is more information about the festival: http://www.fmoz.com.br/m/
Vasco de Gringo 
❤️
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