Editing Paraty (section)

== Culture and tourism ==
There are many musical and cultural events, the most prominent of which is the FLIP – Festa Literaria Internacional de Paraty ([[International Literary Festival of Paraty]]). The town is also known for its local festivals on Catholic holy dates, such as the Feast of the Holy Ghost. 

The annual [http://www.paraty.com.br/bourbon_festival_paraty.asp Paraty Bourbon Jazz Festival] has occurred every May since 2009. The traditional music event has already brought names like Stanley Jordan, Gary Brown, Ed Motta, Leo Gandelman, Eumir Deodato, Joshua Redman, Pau Brasil Group, Dianne Reaves, Mike Stern, Naná Vasconcellos, Nuno Mindelis, Jacques Morelenbaum, Stanley Clarke, and many other leading names in jazz, blues, soul and R & B from Brazil and the world. 

The event usually has two stages, located in the Plaza de Matriz and the Santa Rita Church in the historic center of the city, as well as buskers (street performers) and Orleans Street Jazz Band circling the streets of the Historic Center and DJ Crizz that opens and closes programming every day. 

The ''Casa da Cultura Paraty'' (Paraty House of Culture) occupies an historic house originally built in 1754<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frommers.com/destinations/paraty/0256010029.html |title=Attractions in Paraty at Frommer's |publisher=Frommers.com |access-date=2010-08-10}}</ref> which opened to the public in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/the-southeast/paraty/sights/470156 |title=Sights and attractions, experience Casa da Cultura in Paraty – Lonely Planet Travel Information |publisher=Lonelyplanet.com |access-date=2010-08-10}}</ref> and holds a permanent exhibition on local history and culture. In the Salon of Indigenous Culture, visitors can see the [[sawdust carpet|“carpets” made of colored sawdust and flower petals]] used during the festival of [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]] in June. The largest is almost {{convert|92|sqft|m2}}. The “carpet” is protected by glass so that visitors walk on it as they enter.

Paraty played the part of the Bahian town of [[Ilhéus]] in the 1983 [[Bruno Barreto]] film ''[[Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (film)|Gabriela, Cravo e Canela]]'', starring [[Sônia Braga]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085575/|title=Gabriela (1983)|author=metrobiz|date=6 October 1983|work=IMDb|access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref>

Paraty was also the set for Isle Esme (the place of Edward and Bella's honeymoon) in the movie ''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1|The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/mat/2010/11/14/kristen-stewart-robert-pattinson-voltam-para-os-eua-apos-filmagens-de-amanhecer-no-brasil-923023152.asp|title=Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart return to the USA after filming "Breaking Dawn" in Brazil|language=pt|access-date=November 24, 2010|date=November 14, 2010}}</ref>