june is the month of the festas juninas, a series of celebrations in honor of são pedro, santo antônio and são joão - they are also celebrations of caipira culture, which hails from the rural interior of brazil.

as such, customary dress for partygoers entails straw hats, plaid shirts, jeans or overalls and drawn-on mustaches or freckles, depending on one's gender - colorful flags and balloons are hung and the people take to the streets to partake in customary june favorites such as cakes, sweet potato and the ever-delicious pé-de-moleque, typically washed down with hot wine.

the festa junina hotspot in angra is on ilha grande, with an especially big festival held in vila abraão - as a part of the june festivities, a cultural event throughout brazil, angra holds the encontro de quadrilhas (meeting of the dancers) - a dancing competition, that captures the imagination of the public.